1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176 
Minister Allows Premier Coaches Appeal
Page 65
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
THE Minister of Transport has allowed an appeal by Premier Coaches (Watford) Ltd. against the decision of the Metropolitan deputy Traffic Commissioner refusing to grant a variation of the conditions of a road-service licence for express carriage services between Watford and Hastings and Eastbourne, to authorize a picking-up point at St. Albans.
Agreeing with the assessment of his inspector that the appellants established their claim to a picking-up point at St. Albans, the Minister said it seemed to
him that the convenience of a direct service to 165 passengers in a year was not a negligible quantity and it was clear that St. Albans was already regarded as a picking-up point in its own right for travel to other places. He said it was reasonable in present-day conditions that all concerned should seek to spare passengers inconvenient journeys to join their coaches in cases where a more convenient picking-up point could be provided without harmfully affecting other local operators.