A GROUP of people in the Midlands may object when the
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West Midland Traffic Commissioners hear the application of Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., to take over the luxury coach service run by Northern Roadways, Ltd., between Glasgow and Birmingham.
Mr. P. Currie, a Birmingham Scot who led an agitation for the service three years ago, has written to Scottish Omnibuses asking for an assurance that the present facilities will be maintained.
A reply from Mr. James Amos, chairman of Scottish Omnibuses, said that whether Northern Roadways had found the same enthusiasm which Mr. Currie appeared to feel was a matter on which there might be divided opinion. He assured Mr. Currie that if the licence was transferred it would be operated at a standard "highly acceptable to the public."
[When the Scottish Traffic Commissioners authorized the take-over (The Commercial Motor, October 19) the chairman said they would be inclined to favour a continuance of " what was termed a de-luxe service."1 YORKSHIRE—TORBAY BIDS
ONLY PARTLY SUCCESSFUL nNLY half of the applications by 10 %—/ Yorkshire and one Lancashire operator for licences to run new express services from the West Riding to Torbay have succeeded (The Commercial Motor, August 24).. The unsuccessful applicants were Yorkshire -Pool Services, Yelloway Motor Services, Ltd., and Hebble Motor Services, Ltd.
Decision on the applications, the hearing of which was spread over 12 days earlier in the year, was given by the Yorkshire Licensing Authority on Tuesday.
The successful applicants were:—
Hansons Buses, Ltd.. who have been authorized to run between Huddersfield and Torquay during the local holiday fortnight (vehicle allowance five on each Friday).
J, W. Kitchen and Sons, Ltd., between Bradford and Stanningley and Torquay dining Bradford's holiday fortnight (vehicle allowance four). Picking-up point at Leeds refused.
Wallace Arnold Tours, Ltd., between Leeds and Totquay during Leeds holiday fortnight. Vehicle allowance for picking-up points at Bradford and Stanningley refused.
Mr. C. G. Littlewood, Sheffield: SheffieldTorquay service extended to include part of September. Increase in vehicle allowance refused.
The rejected applications were those of:— Yorkshire Pool: new express service from Keighley to Torquay.
Yelloway Jointly with Hebble: new express service from Bradford to Torquay.
Hebble: variation of stage services between Halifax and Bradford and Leeds and Rochdale.
There were objections by all the operators concerned, and by British Railways; Shearings Tours (Manchester), Ltd.; Happiway Tours, Ltd., Manchester; Associated Motorways, Ltd.; Pleasureways (1955), Ltd., Oldham; and Feather Bros_ (Tours), Ltd., Bradford.
A number of important questions of principle arose during the hearing.