Scheme for Branch Line Subsidy
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" DO-1T -Y OURSELF " subsidy scheme to keep branch-line railway tations open, conceived by Mr. Walter Broadbent, traffic manager of Messrs. Rylands Bros., Warrington, wire manufacturers, has been submitted by the North West Transport Users' Consultative Committee for consideration by its central office. Mr. Broadbent is deputy chairman of the committee.
The plan suggests that passengers who use a station which is threatened with closure could• voluntarily pay a few coppers a week to pay off its losses and so save themselves from isolation. It also suggests that an independent committee of experts should investigate threatened shut-downs.
NORTHAMPTON TAKE-OVER
THE old-established business of Messrs. L Knight's Luxury Coaches, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, has been acquired by Messrs. York Bros. (Northampton), Ltd.
With the United Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd., they are the only operators of excursions, tours and express services from Northampton.