Sir,
With respect to the proposal to relocate Victoria Coach Station to Denham and link it to central London by converting the railway line to a private bus route, may I make some suggestions.
First, there will be many vecickes using this private route and having individual drivers in each bus or coach is very inefficient. Would it not save money by slaving some of these vehicles to one leader?
Second, it has been shown that rubber on concrete is less efficient than metal on metal. Considerable fuel savings could be achieved by altering the wheels on the buses to use this technique.
Third, I am concerned that we will have these fleets of busses moving at relatively high speeds down a relatively narrow road. If someone could devise a technique for enforcing separation between vehicles then a public transport technology with considerable potential will have been devised.
Yours,
Xxxx
Editor Railway World.