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Parks' wait for decision
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A DECISION is awaited in the long-running application by Parks of Hamilton to run express coaches to seven popular English holiday resorts, starting from Hamilton and East Kilbride.
Summing up for Parks, R Heslett claimed that the grant of the licences would be only "a tickle on the rump of Western."
The service operated by the Western SMT last year hac been badly organised and hat been severely criticised.
Coaches used were claimed to be unsuitable and were, ir fact, over the Glasgow Fail period — normal local service buses used on the long. distance express routes.
The application was beinE made in the public interest anc would be for the general gooc of the public. He claimed that it would generate its own traf.
fic and would not hurt eithei Western or British Rail, whc were objecting to the applica tion.
For Western, J. B. T. Loudor claimed that grant of thi: application to Parks might result in dilution of the loca services, since the entir( operation would be affected. II was claimed that only sever local buses were used in th( holiday period and that of th( 350 carried in these, only sever complaints were made.
The application is of parti cular interest because Park! were previously local agent! for Western and othe: coaching companies.