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Scottish Fares
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AT Edinburgh on Tuesday a decision was re served in an application by Scottish Omnibuses Ltd., Central S.M.T., Western S.M.T. and the three Alexander companies to make fare increases and rationalize their existing structure. There were objections from 66 county, town and other authorities.
Basis of the group application was the higher coses arising from the 40-hour week, sick pay and other increases not covered in the last award. Mr. W. M. Little, chairman of the group, gave evidence that in a full year the increased costs would be £1,448,000, made up by various increases which the company could not control.
Mr. Little said the opportunity had been taken to rationalize the fare structure to provide a reasonable basis of operation. Dealing with single fares it was proposed to retain the short-distance 3d. fare, increase the longer distance 3d. stage to 4d. and to add Id. or 2d. as may be necessary to produce units of 6d., 8d., 10d. and 1 s. by increments of 2d. to 2s., thereafter to raise the 2s. to 4s. 10d. fares by Id., 2d. or 3d. to give 3d. increments; the 4s. lid, fare to be made 5s. 3d.; and fares of 5s. and over to be increased by 7+ per cent to the nearest 3d.
On return fares they proposed abolition of returns on I s. or less; from is. 2d. to 5s. would be increased by up to 25 per cent on a rising scale. Above 5s. there would be a return fare of 175 per cent of single fares.