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 
Leeds move to stop PTA
Page 73
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
• Leeds City Council hopes to prevent the establishment of a Passenger Transport Authority in the Leeds area, it was revealed by Cllr. D. A. Wolstenholme, chairman of the council's transport and trading services, last week.
A positive step in this direction was the agreement reached for the sale to the council of the stage carriage businesses operated by the Parsley Omnibus Co. Ltd. and the Kippax and District Motor Co. Ltd., already reported in COMMERCIAL MOTOR.
In a statement announcing the agreement, Cllr. Wolstenholme reported that the transfer to the THC of the West Riding Automobile Co. Ltd. had now been completed, together with the acquisition by West Yorkshire Road Car Co. Ltd. of the services of the executors of S. Ledgard. The council had purchased some of these services from West Riding.
Now the THC was seeking acquisition of the BET companies operating in the Leeds area. When all these transactions were completed there would be only two operators of stage carriage services in the Greater Leeds area, namely the THC or one of its subsidiaries and the Leeds City Council.
Cllr. Wolstenholme's statement continued: "It is hoped that in due course discussions which are at present taking place between the THC and the council will result in the coordination and rationalization of services within the Greater Leeds area which will not only result in better services to the public but will also show substantial operating economies.
"I do not consider that the Leeds area is similar to the other conurbations in the country where the Minister of Transport has announced that PTAs will be established. The West Yorkshire area consists of a number of defined separate towns each with their own sphere of influence, whereas the other areas which the Minister is considering appear to have a multiplicity of transport operators working in a continuously built-up urban area."
Cllr. Wolstenholme told the Press that he wished to stress that the acquisitions were of a purely commercial nature. The agreements had been reached "after proper bargaining and negotiation as between willing buyer and willing seller".
The services involved are between Leeds and Kippax via Garforth, between Leeds and Ledston Luck, and between Horsforth and Parsley. Subject to approval by the Traffic Commissioners, Leeds City Transport hopes to be operating the services by the end of March.