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Belfast Profit Despite Troubles
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nPERATIONS of Belfast Corporation transport department for the 1964-5 year resulted in a surplus of £81,663. Although there was a deficit of £25,918 on the trolleybuses, the motorbus surplus amounted to £85,373, plus £22,208 interest on investments. The annual report shows that the surplus falls short by £31,352 of the amount of £113,015 which was the total of three successive deficits incurred over the period 1961-4: the loss might have been offset completely but for unofficial strikes of platform staff in December, 1964.
Traffic congestion has continued to cause increasing difficulty and many bus journeys were lost in consequence. There was a fall of 12+M. passengers compared with the previous year, although the total was still 14M. more than was carried in 1938-9. The total number of passengers carried during the past year was 150M.
Civil disturbances rarely figure in the reports of British undertakings, hut trouble in Belfast's Dish Street area in October, 1964, resulted in a trolleybus being burnt out in the street. damage to 26 vehicles and a withdrawal of the Falls Road trolleybus ,service on five evenings. An analysis of expenditure shows that out of each pound 14s. 6d. was spent in wages, salaries, welfare and superannuations.