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
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240 
Small Bus Bid Adjourned
Page 76
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
AN application by Thames Weald Travel for an express coach licence to operate between Dartford and Ferryfield was adjourned until October 12, when it came before the Metropolitan Traffic Commissiorter in London last week.
Dr_ Herbert Nezbitt Heffernan, of Sevenoaks, traffic manager of Thames Weald Travel, said that he had started to operate small-bus services between villages which were not regularly served.
His present application was to operate an all-the-year-round service, on Saturdays only, from Dartford to Maidstone via Longfield, Hartley, Fawkham, Ash, Stanstead, Trottesciiffe and Addington, with a summer extension to Rye and Ferryfield.
Dr. Heffernan said the service was to operate a maximum of two vehicles. He felt there was evidence of need arising out of the peculiar circumstances of passenger transport in the area.
Dartford and Maidstone were not connected by direct road services, and London Transport were primarily concerned with commuter traffic. It was true there was a rail service between Dartford and Maidstone, but his route had been drawn up to pass through a number of villages with limited or no transport services.
c30 Dr. Heffernan, who at present operates one small bus on local services four times a week, called four witnesses who said the local road services were inadequate.
Objections were made• by Maidstone and District Motor Services, Ltd., British Railways, the East Kent Road Car Co., Ltd., Cliff's Saloon Coaches, Ltd., and Grunden's Coaches, Ltd.
Dr. Heffernan has also lodged an application to run express services on Wednesdays from Darenth to Tunbridge Wells, with a summer extension to Eastbourne and Cuckmere Haven. He was granted a licence last December for his present services. In January he carried 262 passengers; by August, this figure had risen to nearly 800.