Ribble Want Higher Fares
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PROPOSALS to increase the fares of Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., and their 16 joint operators were considered by the chairman of the North Western Traffic Commissioners, Major-General A. F. J. Elmslie, at Blackpool, on Tuesday. The maximum increase would not exceed id. on single fares up to Is., or 2d. on single fares of is. id. and upwards; on return fares of ls. 10d. and below the increases would not be more than 2d., and not more than 4d. on higher-priced returns. Period contracts and special student and workpeople's return fares would also be increased on this basis.
Mr. F. D. Walker, for Ribble, said the application was necessary because of recent increased wages awards, fuel tax, and general expenses. It was hoped that the new proposals would result in revenue amounting to £200,000.
Ribble's general manager, Mr. J. Hunniball, stated that certain economies had been effected. The new graduated pension scheme had not cost as much as anticipated and one-man bus operation had saved 19,000 last year. Comparing 1961 with 1962, estimated expenditure had increased by £172,000.
The case was continued.