200-mile Excursion Plea Rejected
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THERE was no evidence to support an application by Leon Motor Services, Ltd., Doncaster, to run direct excursion trips from Doncaster to Southend, said the chairman of the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners, Major F. S. Eastwood, at Leeds last week. However, a further application to run day excursions from Waterdale, Doncaster, to Cambridge, on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays, Easter to September, was granted, after objectors had been reassured that only day trips would be run. A third application for day excursions throughout the year to Belle Vue, Manchester, was partially granted. Mr. J. Mellor, objecting to the Southend application on behalf of a Yorkshire pool of five companies, described two coach routes with changes either at London or Cambridge, whereby travellers from Doncaster could reach Southend. A representative of the pool, Mr. C. G. Craven, said that they considered themselves the established operators to the Southern counties, and added that weekend traffic compensated for any loss their London week-day express service might incur.
The Commissioner granted one vehicle to Belle Vue when the railways were not Operating excursion trips.