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Operating Aspects of PASSENGER TRANSPORT
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OPERATORS ORGANIZING AGAINST RAIL FARE CUTS
'V PPM-ITS are being made by the ILI various associations to counteract the extension of the penny-a-mile travel facilities of the four main-line railway companies. On Tuesday next, March 21, the national council of the Motor Hirers and Coach Services Association, Ltd., will hold a meeting in London to decide what action shall be taken in connection with the matter, and we understand that certain of the provincial associations will be represented.
In a letter to the Minister of Transport, Mr. F. A. Walker, secretary of the M.H.C.S.A., pointed out that coach operators have no redress against any action of the railways, which are able to object to the granting of licenees and to be parties to the fares to 1,12 charged and the services to be run.
The Minister replied that he had no information to indicate that the railways were adopting a policy regarding cheap fares other than the normal development of that which they had been pursuing for some years. He was not disposed to suggest to Parliament any further control over rail fares than provided in the Railways Act, 1921.
Yorkshire Motor Coach Owners, Ltd., will hold a special meeting to-day, (Friday) to consider the situation and to discuss what steps to take in opposition to the scheme. It is understood that the association will probably link up • with the M.H.C,S.A, to fight the proposals.
The penny-a-mile scheme of the railways comes almost immediately after the completion of a comprehensive plan for standardizing coach excursion and
tour fares in Yorkshire. It is now likely that if the railway companies' scheme goes through, operators will ask for a reduction in coach fares.
When the coach fares scheme was discussed at a recent sitting of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, rail way representatives said that certain of the proposed fares were too low and uneconomic, and that the railways could not compete with them. Now comes the bombshell in the form of fare Cuts by the railways themselves.
From May 1 to September 30 next, including holiday periods, return tickets available for use within a month will be issued at a cost of 1d. a mile. Previously, 17 days has been the limit to the period of such tickets. The reduction in fares is equivalent to id. a mile on third-class rates and neatly id. a mile on first-class fares.
Further cheap facilities have been announced by the London, Midland and Scottish and the London and North Eastern Railway Companies, which have decided to halve the fares for travel by certain night express trains from London to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland. These rates come into force on Monday next, March 20, and the tickets are available for use within a period of 17 days.