Ribble peace formula
9th November 1989, Page 18
9th November 1989
Page 18
Page 18, 9th November 1989
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• Competition between Blackburn Transport and Ribble Motor Services is set to end this month with a new cooperation deal.
Ribble is withdrawing the services recently taken over from Drawlane subsidiary North Western, and has issued redundancy notices to the drivers. Blackburn is withdrawing its longer-distance routes, which compete with both Ribble and Burnley and Pendle Transport, to concentrate on town routes.
The deal follows registered agreements in Lancaster and service withdrawals in Preston which have returned the balance between Ribble and the municipal companies to prederegulation levels.
Peace in Blackburn will allow both companies to strengthen their traditional services and take on the smaller independent operators.