§ Mr. Thorneasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport how many London omnibuses are being run by producer gas; what is the estimated saving of petrol a year; what amount of anthracite coal is burnt per omnibus; how many miles the omnibus will run before being refulled; and how many service stations are being arranged for?
§ Mr. Noel-BakerThe London Passenger Transport Board are at present operating 18 omnibuses on producer gas. This number will, in the next few months, be increased to approximately 550. When the whole scheme is in operation there will be a saving of 3,500,000 gallons of petrol a year; each bus will burn approximately 1 ton of anthracite coal a week, and will require re-fuelling every 80 miles. Provision is being made for 27 service stations to handle the stock of anthracite coal and to serve producer gas trailers.