1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215 
Schools service blocked by PTE
Page 58
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
A BID by the small independent, David Ogden Coaches, of Haydock, for a licence to continue the operation of a schools service has been blocked by Lancashire United Transport Ltd, and the Merseyside PTE.
At a public sitting of the North Western Traffic Commissioners, in Manchester the chairman, R. D. Hutchings, said that when the Commissioners granted the unforeseen licence in March, need had been established for a special service between Blackbrook and the Ashtonin-Makefield Grammar School.
At that time they had also instructed the objectors, who operated existing stage services, to operate an additional journey to and from the school.
For Ogden, J. A. Backhouse claimed that operations since then had shown there was a need for both.
G. D. Riley, assistant traffic manager of LUT, said a full census had been taken over 1 days of operation.
The results showed in th mornings between 0802 hour and 0832 hours the objector had adequate capacity avai able to cater for the number passengers being carried o the Ogden service.
The special journey put o at the Comissioner's reques had always operated full loaded, but was not paying.
A parent who had kep observations at the schoo Mrs M. J. Pedderson, sai children had been carrie standing on the upper deck a double-decker.
Mr Backhouse argued that i was not in the public interes to have all the children millin round one bus stop and th parents were extremely con cerned about the safety o their children.
A grant of the Ogden appli cation would not do LUT an; harm. If the special journe: operated by LUT was no paying, then it would be ii their interests if it wa replaced by Ogden's servicE which was an economic one.
Refusing the application, M Hutchings said that althougl the Commissioners had grea sympathy with the parents they felt there was adequati capacity on the existing stag' services to meet the need.