Cheap Fares.' Council Think Again
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A RECOMMENDATION by Newr-1 castle upon Tyne Transport Committee that concession fares for old-age pensioners on trolley buses should be withdrawn because they were illegal has been referred back by the city council.
The town clerk said that unless the council withdrew the scheme an injunction might be obtained. Ald. W. McKeag, a solicitor, said that only a ratepayer could take out such an injunction, and as the cheap-fare system benefited pensioners, he was willing to take the risk.
Some 10,000 pensioners are allowed, under • the scheme, to travel on any single journey for Id.
Sunderland Transport Committee have been informed that concessionary fares for old-age pensioners could not be introduced until the present legal position was altered.
The cost of concessionary fares to Liverpool Transport Department increased from £28,000 in 1939 to £149,513 last year, according to the annual report of the general manager.
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