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ARRANGEMENTS have been concluded between the Government and the Standing Joint Committee of the London Passenger Transport Board and the main line railways for the development of a transport scheme for London. On June 5, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced to the House of Commons that a £35,000,000 plan had been concluded. In addition to the extensive schemes included in the Private Bill of the Transport Board, it is intended to electrify the suburban lines of the L. and N. E. Railway in north-east London entering Liverpool Street, and to extend tube railways to give new connexions between these electrified lines and the City and the West End. The high level at which Government credit now stands enables an Exchequer guarantee to be given of loans sufficient to enable the whole undertaking to be started at once. It involves the building of about 12 miles of new tube railways, the electrification of 44 miles of suburban railway and the doubling and electrification of about 12 miles of further suburban railways. In addition, we were glad to learn that trolley buses are to be substituted for tram cars on 148 route miles. These buses, like the cars, are driven by electricity, but they leave the highways more open and much safer for road traffic. It is hoped to complete the works within five years from the date of the loan. Among the improvements, we notice that escalators will be used instead of lifts and will provide ample accommodation for the increased traffic.
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London Transport Scheme. Nature 136, 16 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136016b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136016b0