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Coach Work Subsidizes Bus Fares
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MEW luxury coaches bought by the Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co., Ltd., increased private-party work so much last year that it was not necessary to seek higher fares on the stage services.
Mr. Raymond W. Birch, chairman, told the company's annual meeting, last week, that but for this increase in business, " kerbside " passengers would have been asked for a greater contribution towards operating costs.
Another six luxury coaches were delivered in 1956 and 12 41-seaters were expected shortly. This was part of a scheme to develop the coaching department with vehicles of the roost up-todate and comfortable design.
The bus fleet was also being improved, said Mr. Birch. Before the end of the year, 10 new 70-seat double-deckers, 30 ft. long, would be put into service. These would help to move the evergrowing number of short-distance passengers—the most expensive traffic carried.
This year's intake of 22 new vehicles was expected to cost more than £100,000, and a similar programme was scheduled for 1958.
Discussing the inadequacy of roads, Mr. Birch blamed congestion on the increased number of private cars and the heavy arrears in expenditure on improvements. This state of affairs sometimes led to unpractical proposals that buses should be prevented from picking up and setting down their passengers in main streets, and should be relegated to remote bus stations.
Whilst bus stations performed a useful function, they should not be instituted with the idea of preventing buses taking passengers to and from shops and places of business and entertainment. A bus station was merely a road, or series of roads, designed for one class of traffic, and bus undertakings should not be expected to pay twice for its use.