ABSTRACT
The motor coach or char-a-bane, though practically a post-war development, appears to have secured a marked degree of public favour, though perhaps some part of its popularity must be ascribed to its novelty. Many are attracted by the glamour of the open road, and it must be admitted that the motor coach provides for many persons an agreeable method of exploring their own country. Though long-distance tours are often undertaken, the special and most favourable field for the activities of motor coaches is that of providing sightseeing tours around the various tourist centres or short-distance runs to pleasure resorts near large towns. Further, on journeys of a certain distance the large motor coach can often carry passengers at rates even less than the ordinary third class railway fare under suitable conditions. The motor coach is not the first road competitor that the railways have had to face.
