East Kent Extending One-man Operation
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WITH the introduction of winter timetables on Sunday, the Ea.se. Kent Road Car Co., Ltd., will extend the use of one-man buses from 26 to 42 rural routes covering Folkestone, Thanet, Ashford, Canterbury, Herne Bay, Whitstable, Faversham and Rye.
The standard vehicles for this type of operation are A.E.C.-Weymann 41-seat semi-coaches built in 1955-56. They have special stands for Setright ticket machines together with cash tills which have been designed and made by the bus company.
On some of the routes, two-man operation will be re-introduced to cope with extra traffic in summer.
"DO NOT CUT RATES" A RIDING school proprietor, Mr. P. Hallas, Woodkirk (Yorks), was last week granted a B licence by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority to carry pottery, rags and greengrocery within 10 miles. "I do not want any cut' rates," warned the Authority, Maj. F. S. Eastwood. "I hope you have agreed some rates with your witnesses."