Assistant (Special Duties) to General Manager, Euston
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C.Lakin,
General Manager's Office, Euston (Secretary)
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Minutes of Meeting of April 29th, 1959
Agreed.
679. GENERAL MATTERS OF POLICY
1. Programme of Diesel Multiple
Unit operation
(a) Employment of vehicles available in
1959
Noted that diesel multiple units would be introduced on the
following lines on Monday, June 15th, in straight substitution for some
present steam services :-
Manchester (Central) - Warrington (Central)
Manchester (Central) - Chester (Northgate)
Manchester (Victoria) - Preston - Blackpool - Fleetwood
Manchester (Victoria) - Southport
Manchester (Victoria) - Liverpool (Exchange)
Rochdale - Liverpool (Exchange)
Rochdale - Blackpool
These services, together with the extension of the Manchester
Part 2 and the Liverpool Lime Street - St.Helens - Wigan on the same day,
would absorb the whole of the vehicles delivered by June 15th.
Mr.Gould stated that it had been the intention to augment the
present diesel multiple unit services on the Manchester (London Road) -
Hayfield - Macclesfield (C) line on the same date but this had to be
deferred owing to the delivery dates for vehicles from Messrs.Cravens
being put back.
