Scots count the bawbees
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HE SCOTTISH Transport Group ncreased its surplus last year to 5.2m.
While the Scottish Bus Group ubsidiary companies together ailed to meet their target of :3.1m, they did attain an operatig surplus of £2.5m. STG reults overall did meet Governnent financial targets.
The annual report and acaunts for 1980 reported an verage decline of under four er cent in passenger loadings Mich was among the lowest in ie UK.
Despite new competition from le deregulation introduced by le Transport Act, SBG express oach services reported inreased passenger loadings.
The SBG companies took devery of 379 new buses in 1980, iving them a total fleet of 3,635 1,809 in 1979). Fleet age profile currently 6.45 years and the roup has 2,842 single-deckers Id 793 double-deckers.