1. St.Pancras Suburban Services
(Cont'd)
(a) Moorgate service (Cont'd)
been established consideration would be given to their
more intensive use.
(b) Diesel Parcels Vans
Noted that one van had been returned to traffic and the second
expected to return shortly. Owing to incidence of works holiday
modifications to two remaining vans had been delayed.
Mr. Gould stressed the necessity for these to be returned to
service and Mr. Stanley will look into specially.
2. Watford - St.Albans Service
Noted that the use of the 3-car A.C.V. units as staff trains
between Annesley and Bulwell was still under consideration.
Mr. Lawrence said that he had received a proposal from a private
firm for the use fo the units as an exhibition train and this was now under
consideration.
3. Traffic Receipts
Statements of receipts for March, 1960 attached as Appendix 'A.
Minutes of meeting of Departmental Representatives held on
May 2nd were discussed and it was agreed:-
(a) Receipts details embodied in the submissions for authority
for future schemes and in the statistics for the Committee to be compiled on the
following basis:-
(i) All local to line bookings, or the appropriate
proportion thereof attributable to the scheme.
(ii) Appropriate proportions of all bookings between
pairs of points which are influenced by the introduction of the modernised
service, of which one point of each pair is located within the area of the
diesel scheme.
(iii) Appropriate proportions of all bookings between pairs
of points outside but passing through the area of the scheme which can be
readily identified and are influenced by the improved services.
(b) The decision in (a) to be applied to schemes in course of
preparation so far as this is possible without delaying the submissions.
(c) Receipts statistics of each service will be required by
the Committee, comparing steam with diesel until a full year of diesel operation
has been completed, after which the provision to the Committee of such statistics
may be discontinued on the understanding that the figures could be extracted if
specially required.
(d) Statement of comparable receipts to continue to be
prepared on a monthly basis.
