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Thumbs up for the mini
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AN EXPERIMENTAL mini bus service to be run in Norfolk has been welcomed by Mr Neil Carmichael, Under Secretary at the Department of Environment.
It was, he said, a useful initiative that could be especially relevant to tackling rural transport problems. Reporting this to M.P.s, Mr Carmichael said that 'the National Bus Company chairman had drawn his attention to the proposed experiment.
The Eastern Counties Omnibus Company, a subsidiary of the NBC, would be providing, licensing, insuring and maintaining the minibus and training a panel a local part-time licensed drivers. The County Council would receive the revenue from services and pay the company an agreed rate.
Day-to-day operations would be managed by a local village committee under a steering committee composed of the local authorities and 'the bus company, explained Mr Carmichael. Application would have to be made to the Traffic Commissioners for a permit under Section 30 of the Transport Act 1968 in lieu of a road service licence.