Serpell's bus bonus: Fry
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iE SERPELL REPORT into itish Rail's finances has killed e idea that buses cannot reace under-used train services, ory MP Peter Fry has told the )mmons.
Speaking in the debate on the npell Report, Mr Fry, a consulnt to a number of bus commies, said that the report had iown there was no reason why e alternative of replacing exmsive rail services with buses tould not be considered.
It was true that after the eeching Report when buses relaced trains the results had een disappointing and the uses had been rapidly withrawn.
"It is hardly surprising that the ttempt to run buses, without ny subsidy, on a route that was ot attracting passengers in the rst place, should prove not to successful," said Mr Fry.
He said there would be a need Dr British Rail direction to enure that rail services were co
■ rdinated at either end of the oute and to provide a degree of ertainty that the routes would lot disappear shortly after the rains had been withdrawn.