In the East Midland Traffic Area only one municipality—Leicester—is still operating tramcars, and even this will probably cease to be true before long, states "Engineering." Similarly, the only remaining tramway service in the Eastern Trafic Area is that at Southend-on-Sea, and that is being partially replaced. In the Metropolitan Traffic Area, there as a decrease of 286 in the number of the trams licensed, this being accompanied by an increase of 3 in the number of trolley this connection the Commissioners for the Yorkshire Traffic Arca call attention to the desirability of trolley les being brought under their diction, mainly because of the effects which the introduction of such vehicles have had on ce-ordination schemes designed to, avoid wasteful competition. They note that, for this reason, the use of trolley vehicles has been discontinued at Chesterfield, their place having been taken by Diesel-engined omnibuses. It would be interesting to know whether a similar change has taken place elsewhere. The Chesterfield Corporation, it-is understood, are of the opinion that Diesel-engined omnibuses are capable of performances equal to those of trolley vehicles and that their introduction on routes previously served by the latter will eventually admit of a more complete co-ordina tion of all the passenger-transport facilities in their district.
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