Fare Rise Would Cut' Traffic
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IN Glasgow last week, Mr. E. It. U." I Fitzpayne, the Corporation's transport manager, said that an increase in the wages of mitnicipal busmen "will undoubtedly make necessary a further increase in bus fares in Glasgow ". Mr. Fitzpayne added that a fares increase would undoubtedly be followed by a drop in passengers. This had happened every time they raised fares. Since the beginning of last June, when fares were increased by a penny for Saturday travel, there had been a fall of 14,000,000 passengers.
Now 127 Europabus Routes THE 1963 programme for the " Europabus" service, the long-distance coach facility sponsored by the European railways' road services organization, plans 127 different runs. Of these, 77 are stage services, 28 tours and 22 excursions.
New to this year's timetable are the runs from Paris to Montreux (Switzerland) via Geneva and Lausanne, from Athens to Patras, from Athens to Naphplion via Corinth (Greece) and from Florence to Ponte Chiasso via Bologna . (Italy), as well as six tours in the United Kingdom, an " Attica " tour in Greece and excursions from Wiesbaden to Augsburg via Frankfurt-on-Main and Rothenburg ob der Tauber (Germany). Athens-Delphi (Greece) and VenicePadua (Italy).
A number of " Europabus " services are to be improved upon this year.
S.O.S. for Bus Service S0.S. posters are to be displayed in
• Buxton, Derbyshire, warning people that if they do not use buses more they may find themselves without services altogether.
The North Western Road Car Co.
Ltd., which runs services to the Derbyshire Peak District towns and villages, has asked Buxton Council to help in its urgent message of warning.
A spokesman for the company said: "We are concerned about the decline in the number of passengers being carried. If the decline in patronage continues we shall have to abandon our services to the town completely ".
NEWS IN BRIEF
Diamond Jubilee : Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co. Ltd., whose services link major West Riding centres, this month celebrates its diamond jubilee. Lower-deck Smoking: One of the few large companies still permitting lower-deck smoking on double-deckers, East Yorkshire Motor Services Ltd., is sounding the opinion of local authorities on whether the practice should continue; last week Beverley R.D.C. voted against it.
Bright Enough : A recent suggestion by Merseyside Civic Society that local buses should be painted tangerine and silver to. brighten the streets was not approved by Liverpool Corporation passenger transport committee, but a motion stating that the present colours (green and cream) were satisfactory was carried only by eight votes to seven.