PAIGNTON TOUR WOULD HIT EXPRESS SERVICE
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\YTHEN Barton Transport, Ltd.,
Nottingham, successfully applied to the East Midland Traffic Commissioners last week to operate a tour to Paignton, Associated Motorways, Ltd., claimed that it would affect their Scunthorpe-Paignton express service.
This passed through Nottingham. Barton's customers had demanded a tour involving staying at only one hotel rather than putting up at a number. The proposed tour would cost £21 and last for six days. The applicants offered to delete a seven-day Devon tour if the application were granted. They were supported by 11 witnesses.
The grant allowed operation from the first Sunday in May to the last in September. Picking-up at Loughborough was barred, but a further application if sufficient need became apparent was invited.
"WIPE OUT U.T.A. DEBTS"
T""colossal " debts which the Ulster Transport Authority had no hope of redeeming would have to be written off, said Mr. W. Fitzsimmons in the Ulster Parliament last week. He thought that there was room for great economies within the undertaking.
The Authority wish to go before the Transport Tribunal to seek to avoid a big disturbance of their fares structure. An adverse ruling by the High Court last July, concerning bus fares between Rathcoole and Belfast, affects the whole charges system.