:ommissioners act n Reading rivalry
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DING Borough Transport had an application for a .!.s increase refused by the ith Eastern Traffic COM;sioners after Berkshire inty Council objected. The -eases would have brought iding's fares in line with se of the Thames Valley Aldershot Omnibus Corny.
'he Traffic Commissioners grant certain increases ere they were necessary to love anomalies, as agreed ween the County Council [ the Reading Borough. One he terms of this agreement that Reading operate nparable services on the le fare scale as Alder Val Berkshire County Council argued that in order to do this, both operators would have to consolidate their financial positions and avoid abstracting business from one another.
Alder Valley accepted that it stood to lose little in the short term, but contended that in the long term its interests would be prejudiced. It had also been hit by Reading's introduction' of its "Reading Rover" ticket.
The Commissioners agreed that the Reading Rover ticket was contrary to the spirit of co-operation between the two parties and added that they hoped they would co-operate rationally in future.