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CLAIMS that an extension liberalised Scottish bus se' would cost British Rail nt £90,000 have been dismisse a Department of Transi inspector who has allowed operator's appeal.
The inspector, P. E. Picke has allowed an appea Bennett's of Kilwinning agi the Scottish Traffic Corn sioners' refusal of authorii add evening, Sunday and night journeys to its Adro: Glasgow limited stop se (CM, November 6, 1982).
This decision, which d another stave into Strathr Region's wounded pro-rail lic transport policy, extend! scope of independent and I tish Bus Group operation: tween Glasgow and Ayr towns.
Scottish Office Environ Minister Allan Stewart in& earlier this year that the su, of such lower cost servici the Ayrshire commuter t must lead to a reassessm: the scope for trains in Scotl Mr Pickering has cast d, on Strathclyde PTE and E Rail claims that the extensi Bennett's service would £89,336 revenue from BR figures, he said, were noi mined seriously at the Car sioners' hearing and were I on the questionable assurr that Bennett's buses wou 70 per cent full on every jot BR has not produced figu show what effect Bennett tial service has had.
In deciding that the add service is in the public in Mr Pickering drew upon thi brated Yeowart's of White case, where a DTp insp( decision that a new servic against the public intere: eventually upheld in the Appeal.
In the absence of pro( £89,336 is an acccurate Mr Pickering ruled that Bei service would do less harr good. Had it been provi would have rejected the ar • Strathclyde PTE is n vulging the grounds of its against former Transport tary David Howell's dismi his inspector's advic subsequent granting of rhead-Glasgow serv McGill's Bus Service August 27). It hopes to however, that there is an law in Mr Howell's interpr of Section 51 of the 1981 Passenger Vehicles Act.