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Bus, Trolleybus and Tram Routes of Kingston upon Hull Corporation – Predecessors and Successors 1899 to 1986 – Chapter Twenty Five
Keith Easton The 1981 Operating Agreement The demise of the co-ordination agreement was detailed in the previous chapter, and at that time relations between the City Transport and East Yorkshire Motor Services were at an all time low, and it was in this state, that a new operating agreement was thrashed out. It took effect…
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Bus, Trolleybus and Tram Routes of Kingston upon Hull Corporation – Predecessors and Successors 1899 to 1986 – Chapter Twenty Four
Keith Easton The 1934 Co-ordination Agreement with EYMS Prior to 1932, Hull Corporation was tram orientated as far as public transport was concerned. The most recent extension to the tramway network had taken place as recently as 1930. Having said this, it seemed to be that while existing tram routes were extended, trams were not…
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Bus, Trolleybus and Tram Routes of Kingston upon Hull Corporation – Predecessors and Successors 1899 to 1986 – Chapter Twenty Three
Keith Easton Circular Bus Services A circular bus route can best be described as a route which commences and terminates at the same point, usually a town or city centre, but travels to a distant point returning by a differing route. I n some cases this occurs by deliberate planning, but it can come about…
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Bus, Trolleybus and Tram Routes of Kingston upon Hull Corporation – Predecessors and Successors 1899 to 1986 – Chapter Twenty Two
Keith Easton Limited Stop Services As part of the Corporation’s war-time economy measures, the limited stop was introduced on motorbus services, where they duplicated tram or trolleybus services. Under the arrangement, on evening peaks, between the hours of 4.30pm and 6pm, passengers would not be picked up to be set down before a specific point…
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Bus, Trolleybus and Tram Routes of Kingston upon Hull Corporation – Predecessors and Successors 1899 to 1986 – Chapter Twenty One
Keith Easton Extra Journeys After the end of the Second World War, Hull Corporation started to recommence the issue of timetable booklets, which listed all the service to be operated by the Corporation, and also those of East Yorkshire Motor Services which were co-ordinated with them. Each group of services was listed in the booklets…
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Bus, Trolleybus and Tram Routes of Kingston upon Hull Corporation – Predecessors and Successors 1899 to 1986 – Chapter Twenty
Keith Easton Night and Sunday Morning Services Tramway services were operated by the Corporation between the hours of 5am to 11pm on Mondays to Saturdays, and between 1.30pm and 11pm on Sundays. Demand for travel outside these hours was low, and any receipts from them would not cover the operating costs. This situation continued until…
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Bus, Trolleybus and Tram Routes of Kingston upon Hull Corporation – Predecessors and Successors 1899 to 1986 – Chapter Nineteen
Keith Easton Destination Indicators From the outset public services in Hull has shown the route taken in one form or another. The electric trams, from the start of the system carried boards on the sided of the upper deck sides giving the route, for example, ‘ANLABY ROAD & St JOHN’S STREET’ or ‘HESSLE ROAD &…
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Bus, Trolleybus and Tram Routes of Kingston upon Hull Corporation – Predecessors and Successors 1899 to 1986 – Chapter Eighteen
Keith Easton Route Identification The trams in Hull had used letters for route identification since the turn of the century. The letters denoting the route as follows: – A= Anlaby Road, B= Beverley Road, D= Hessle Road (i.e. Dairycoates), H= Holderness Road, M= Hedon Road (i.e. Marfleet) and S= Spring Bank. Subsequent letters indicated variations…
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Bus, Trolleybus and Tram Routes of Kingston upon Hull Corporation – Predecessors and Successors 1899 to 1986 – Chapter Seventeen
Keith Easton Inter-Licence Transfers Prior to the 1950’s it was uncommon for any Road Service Licence to carry more than one route, variants and short workings were usually granted on separate licences and this fact could lead to a situation where a number of licences carried routes which were essentially similar. However from the 1950’s…
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Bus, Trolleybus and Tram Routes of Kingston upon Hull Corporation – Predecessors and Successors 1899 to 1986 – Chapter Sixteen
Keith Easton Road Service Licences As stated elsewhere, Road Service Licences were granted to operators under the auspices of the 1930 Road Traffic Act. There was no automatic right for an operator to be granted licences for services which were operated prior to the Act taking effect, but in general most operators did gain licences…