London Transport engineers are working night and day to com Dlete the frst slages of the extended trolley-omnibus scheme by which trams will be replaced on a number of outer-London routes, It is Aoped thal the first of these new routes will be opened next month, and that the end of the lear 40 miles of additional route will be available. Eighteen miles of trolley "omnibus Foutes served by 63 vehicles are already in operation. " Routes on which work has been started or for which conversion has been sanetioned total 148 miles, One hundred and. twenty new vehicles will be required for the 40 route miles to be completed this year. They will replace slightly smaller number of tramcars. Outer" London districts which principally benefit from the plans, now approaching completion" are Woolwich, Erith, Dartford, Bexley Heath, Sutton," Croydon, Police, Shepherd's Bush," Hammersmith,' Chiswick, Kew," Brentford, Hounslow and Hampton Court.
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