“AUSTERITY” BUSES
BUILT FOR PUBLIC SERVICE IN BRITAIN. The first of a fleet of “austerity”' buses has just been completed in Britain, and will soon be operating in a Midlands area. The bus, a singledecker, has been specially built to save petrol by carrying more passengers. It can seat more than 40, and it has room for many more standing passengers than the usual single-decker rigid chassis type. Fittings are kept to esentials, and anything approaching luxury has been severely cut out. The width of the bus exceeds the regulation limit of 7ft. 6in. by an extra six inches, and the overall length is 33ft. 6in. It is the first time that buses of this type have been permitted for passenger transport on British roads, and now a number of them are on the way.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 September 1942, Page 4
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135“AUSTERITY” BUSES Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 September 1942, Page 4
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