705. SCHEMES UNDER CONSIDERATION BY COMMITTEE BUT NOT
YET SUBMITTED TO B.T.C.
PRIORITY SCHEMES
1. MANCHESTER PART 3 (N.E.LANCS)
Noted submission now in circulation for signature by departmental
officers.
2. NORTH WALES PART 3 (CHESTER N. -
WREXHAM C. - NEW BRIGHTON)
Noted costing complete and now with D.T.S. for completion.
3. MANCHESTER (C) - LIVERPOOL
(C) EXPRESS SERVICE
See Minute 700/1(b).
706. SCHEMES IN OPERATION
Traffic Receipts
Traffic receipts for May 1959 attached as Appendix 'A'.
707. DIESEL MULTIPLE UNIT DE LUXE
PULLMAN SERVICE MANCHESTER - ST.PANCRAS
(a) Delivery of trains
Noted that C.M.E. had now given the undermentioned revised approximate
delivery dates for the L.M. trains :-
1st 6-car train - end of October 1959 to Derby
2nd 6-car train - 2nd week in December 1959 to Derby
and had suggested that the first train would require, after delivery,
a period of at least 4 to 6 weeks high speed continuous testing.
Mr.Gould stated that the de luxe Pullman service could be put into
operation at any date to suit availability of the sets.
(b) Utilisation of stand-by train
Mr.Pearson said that the Commission had again drawn attention to the
high proportion of spare train sets and they felt it was not right that the two
Regions involved should have different types of vehicles which prevented
interchangeability. The Commission desired...
