Struggle for Torquay Service
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TORQUAY was now sufficiently i important to warrant an express coach service from the West Riding, said Mr. A. W. Goss, for four Yorkshire coach operators during an appeal heard by a Ministry of Transport inspector, Sir Robert H. Tolerton, at Leeds, last week. It was one of three appeals relating to this destination.
Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd., Messrs. J. W. Kitchin and Sons, 0. and C. Hohlsworth, Ltd., and Hansorfs Buses, Ltd., appealed against a decision of the Yorkshire Licensing Authority dismissing their application to operate jointly a day and night service during the summer from Leeds, Stanningley, Bradford, Halifax' and Huddersfield to Paignton and Torquay.
The objectors were Yelloway Motor Services, Ltd., Rochdale; British Railways; and the Yorkshire Pool Services, who claimed that they provided an adequate service.
Mr. Goss said that the application was to run 12 vehicles to Torquay and B? Paignton on Friday nights and Saturday mornings during the summer season.
He submitted that the 1953 figures proved that the Yelloway service running from East Lancashire was not attractive to Yorkshire people, and that there was a real need for a through road service to Torquay for West Riding people.
Referring to the railways' objection, he quoted the case of a woman who said that the train from Torquay was so crowded that there was not even elbow-room to get at her vacuum flask.
Mr. Goss said of the objection by the Yorkshire Pool Services, that his clients claimed that if they were granted a licence, they would be the only operators who would be bound to go to Torquay from the West Riding.
For Yelloways, Mr. R. G. Rees said that they had operated on the trunk route from Rochdale to Torquay since before 1930. The service was not subject to limited duplication, and ran from May 1 to October 1.