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Residents Clash Over York Bus Service

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12th November 1965

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Page 72, 12th November 1965 — Residents Clash Over York Bus Service

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AN extended bus service, put on by a company because of road repairs, was so much appreciated that petitions were organized by local residents to keep it on However, an association was formed to get the service taken off again. The case was heard before the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners last week.

When Heworth Road. York. was closed for major repairs from December, 1964, to April. 1965, York-West Yorkshire Services Ltd. diverted their Stockton Lane city service and added an extension of slightly under mile down the residential Woodlands Grove to a layby with a bus-stop sign, at the terminus of the Elm Park bungalow estate. This stop was used for schoolchildren's singleand double-decker operations four times daily.

The new regular 15-min, service on weekdays (every 10min. on Saturdays) was so much appreciated by the residents of the privately owned dwellings in the Elm Park Estate that they successfully petitioned for it to continue. • The Woodlands Grove residents were not so happy. They immediately formed an association in an effort to prevent the extended service being operated along their road. The bus extension was stopped again from July 25. when the Elm Park residents again had to walk to the corner of Woodlands Grove and Stockton Lane—the former stop. At the hearing last week. the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners granted an application for the company that the full service be restored for the benefit of Elm Park residents. The Commissioners stipulated a review of operations in one year's time to see if the operators could extend a terminus farther along Stockton Lane itself to another housing estate, and perhaps reduce the frequency of buses using Woodlands Grove.

Chairman of the Commissioners. Maj. F. S. Eastwood, said they were aware that the Stockton Lane terminus was a dangerous point, particularly for drivers reversing, and acknowledged it was necessary to cater for Elm Park residents, who, according to Mr. J. A. Talbot. traffic manager of the West Yorkshire Road Car Co. Ltd.. had submitted a petition containing about 250 names. asking for the service. Moreover, with the laybys available, the turning procedure for the drivers was far more satisfactory, and the site at Elm Park had been recommended by the Chief Constable of York.

Mr. 1. H. Anderson, for the Woodlands Grove Association, said there were rights and needs on both sides. But if Elm Park estate residents wanted a service, and it was desirable, householders in Woodlands Grove should not be required to sacrifice the amenities they enjoyed.