Clwyd loses bid
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• Clwyd County Council has failed to block Crosville Motor Services' plans to make its Chester to Caernarfon limited stop Coastliner service more viable.
Crosville won authority to cut out 20 of the 58 stops on the service.
As the applications were lodged before January 6, they failed to be considered under provisions of the 1981 Act.
For the company, Michael Waller said both Crosville and the county had long been concerned about the service.
The financial position was deteriorating and there were complaints from the public that the running time was too slow for a limited stop service.
A survey showed that 90.3% of the revenue came from only 57.8% of the stops.
The proposals, which cut the running time from threeand-a-half to three hours were introduced under dispensation in January. In the first 12 weeks revenue increased by 9.27% whereas fares had only risen by 4.9%,
David Parry, Clwyd's transport co-ordinator, said the proposals were contrary to the public interest. This strategic route in North Wales filled gaps not covered by the North Wales railway, and six commu
nities would be affected directly.
Crosville's offer to reinstate certain stops was not acceptable when there was no offer to reinstate others. He was surprised that the proposals had been introduced under dispensation when the county opposed them.
Parry told Waller that the service was part of the network being supported by Clwyd until deregulation.
Granting the application North Western Traffic Commissioner Roy Hutchings said that although some people would lose part of a service, nobody would be completely deprived of one.