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Works Buses Given Priority.

4th April 1958, Page 43
4th April 1958
Page 43
Page 43, 4th April 1958 — Works Buses Given Priority.
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ASUBMISSION by Potteries Motor Traction Co., Ltd., that an unremunerative rural stage-carriage service should fake preference over an established works service was not accepted by the North Western Traffic Commissioners at Manchester on Monday.

The company were objecting to an application by Mr. Harry Coppenhall, Sandbach, to add an additional evening timing to his express service from Bengers, Ltd., Holmes Chapel, to Sandbach. Mr. J. Rigby, for the applicant, said that when in July, 1957, at Bengers' request he applied to add a 5.7 p.m. timing, the existing 5.30 p.m. bus was deleted from the licence through a clerical error, and it was not until some time later that it was discovered that Mr. Coppenhall was operating irregularly.

Public transport between Sandbach and Holmes Chapel was "very thin" and the applicant had served Bengers' factory for 18 years. He had been operating at 5.7 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. since July.

Mr. B.. Benson, production manager of 'Rutgers, said that if the existing P.M.T. service were used, the cost would be twice as much as by the present arrange ment. Eleven pence a day was deducted from employees' wages, and £2 a vehicle per day was paid to Mr. Coppenhall.

He told Mr. F. Williamson, chairman, that a fare of is. 4d. was shown on the licence, but had never been charged. The timetable could not be strictly adhered to because of the nature of the service.

Mr. W. Inskip, for P.M.T., said that Mr. Coppenhall had been operating irregularly both as to timing and fares. The company's service from Sandbach to Holmes Chapel had timings at 7.35 a.m. and 5.35 p.m. which had been in operation since 1946, and they were prepared to divert buses via Arkley to meetBen,gers' need. Because of the contract competition, the service • was poorly patronized. The 7.40' a.m. and 5.30 p.m. timings should be deleted from Mr. Coppenhall's licence.

Granting the application, Mr. Williamson said that although normally rural stage services would be regarded as more important than works services, Mr. Coppenhall was first in the field. His licence was granted in 1943. Conditions as to timings and fares must in future be strictly observed.

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Organisations: Rutgers
Locations: Manchester

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