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18th September 1953
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

Keywords : Torbay, Paignton, Torquay

DW far should express travel from London be based on the central and road termini, and how far ild provision be made for direct 1 services from outer districts? question was again raised in an sal hearing before Mr. J. M. Glen, he Railway Executive, Royal Blue ress Services, A. Timpson and Sons, , and George Ewer and Co., Ltd.,

2 appealing against the Metrotan Licensing Authority's grant of cence to Valliant Direct Coaches, , for an express service between ng and Paignton (via Torquay). appeals were dismissed with costs. Ir. M. Holmes, for the Railway cutiVie, Royal Blue and Tirnpson, that the basis of the grant was movement of population from ral London and other areas to .h-west London. Many of these pie were previous customers of the ting operators, and if there were to .bstraction from these, it would have )e shown that the central London ices were inadequate.

.e contended that the rail services, alernented by the road services of other three appellants, were ittate.

Ir. R. G. Mair, representing George 3., agreed with Mr. Holmes.

Ir. G. Rees, for the respondents,: I that the time was ripe for the traffic ingements for north-west London to nought up to date. He referred to :ian 72 (3) of the 1930 Act, sub

miffing that "suitability," as defined in the Act, meant prinwily suitability to the public.

The purpose of the 1930 Act was to control development-not to keep conditions static. There was a population of Hm. in north-west London, and it was inequitable that they should. not have the faeility of a direct service.

He submitted that the claim of Mr. Holmes that the people who had moved were his clients' customers was farreaching. He seemed to he claiming a vested interest in them.

• In his observations, Mr. Glen said he -was impressed with the movement of population to north-west London. Although alt the suburban areas were not covered by direct services, he could see no reason why the grant in the case of the north-west should not stand, reduced perhaps according to the evidence of need. It was clear, from the evidence that there was a heavy demand for travel facilities to Torquay and Paignton, and it was equally clear that the existing rail and road services could not always cope with it at peak holiday periods.

There was reason to believe that abstraction of traffic from existing services would be slight, and that the direct service might attract new customers who would not, without it, travel at all to those destinations.

[A further appeal decision is reported on the next page.]

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