Land Liners

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 704, 2 July 1929, Page 6

Land Liners

Day and Night Travel On English Roads Two sleeping coaches of an entirely new design have just been placed in commission for service between London and Manchester. The chassis are the well-known Guy 56-90 h.p. six-cylinder engined, sixwheeler, type: the bodies were designed by this progressive firm (Guy Motors, Ltd.), but, owing to pressure of work in Guy’s coach-building shops, the bodies were built by Messrs. Strachan’s at Acton, London. The coaches are built practically to the regulation maximum dimensions, having a wheelbase of 19ft ljin, with an overall length of 30ft and width 7ft 6in. The overall height (13ft 9in), however, is slightly less than that of the average double-decker coveredtop bus. The land liners leave London at 10 a.m. and 11 p.m., and Manchester at 10 a.m. and 10.30 p.m., the fares for day journeys being 12s 6d single, or 23s return, and for night travel, 15s 6d single, and 30s return, breakfast being included in the latter price. For use as sleeping coaches, the cars are divided into seven distinct compartments, providing four fourberth, two two-berth and one singleberth saloons, thus carrying 21 passengers. For use in the daytime the berths are so arranged that 44 passengers, can be carried. Hot and cold water are provided in the kitchen as well as in the lavatory, ventilation is secured in the upper deck by Airvac ventilators, and all side windows are of the sliding type.

DIRT TRACK RIDERS A large number of riders have notifield their intention to place themselves in the hands of the Auckland Speedway Club for training prior to the opening of the dirt track racing season. The club is making no charge for this service which is being done so that competitors will be sufficiently efiicient to give the public a first-class exhibition on the ppening night. Mr. T. W. Maben, the club’s secretary, states that he has had many inquiries from country districts to know if facilities will be available for riders wanting coaching if they can journey to the city over the week-ends.