"Attempt to Revtve Failing Service"
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flESCRIBED by an objector as an Li attempt to revive a service which was smartly going down the slot," an application by Messrs. Gillards, Normanton. for the renewal of an express licence for period excursions between Normanton and Cleethorpes was heard by the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, at Leeds on Monday. Decision was reserved.
Modifications were sought to enable the service to start from Wakefield, with picking-up points at Normanton and Castleford, and to have the vehicle allowance increased from two to four during the week of August Bank Holiday. The service was to be operated from the last Saturday of July to the last Saturday of August.
Mr. B. Gillard said that he wished to cater more conveniently for passengers travelling to Cleethorpes from Wakefield and Castleford. He denied that the application was an attempt to bolster a failing service, as suggested by Mr. F. S. Marshall, for Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd.
For the railway objectors, Lt.-Col. J. N. Valiance submitted that the Commissioners had heard nothing that should make them alter decisions arrived at in 1950 and 1954 when similar applications by Wallace Arnold were refused. The railways were in the same position now as they were then.
Mr. Marshall said that Wallace Arnold were existing operators of express services to other points from Castleford and Wakefield and it was proper that they should cater for people wishing to go to Cleethorpes. For the applicants, Mr. J. Mellor said that railway facilities, particularly from Castleford, were not comparable. Wallace Arnold covered practically the whole of the West Riding, with Castleford merely as one of their picking-up points.