ILLEGAL OPERATION BY BR ALLEGED IN APPEAL
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BRITISH Railways, Scottish Region, had been operating vehicles on a licence although an appeal against the grant of that licence had not yet been heard, the Transport Tribunal was told when the hearing of the appeal began in Edinburgh this week.
The Scottish LA, Mr. A. Bimie, issued licence discs to British Railways for 16 maximumcapacity vehicles which he granted in Edinburgh in November 1966, said Mr. J. A. Murray, appearing for the eight appellants.
He asked the Tribunal to rule that the LA should not have done so until the appeal had been resolved and that in so doing he had acted in breach of Section 176 of the 1960 Act.
Mr. Murray also suggested that British Railways were operating illegally and he asked the Transport Tribunal so to rule. The president, Mr. G. D. Squibb, took the view that the Tribunal were not the competent body to deal with such situations.
Mr. Murray stressed the point that British Railways representatives had produced figures at the inquiry which showed that since the Freightliner service began from Glasgow, railways traffic had increased by only six per cent.
Mr. Murray drew particular attention to the evidence given by Mr. Aitken, British Railways terminals and cartage manager, Glasgow division, in which he stated that 66 per cent of the total Freightliner traffic had previously been moved by road.
The hearing continues.
Crosville Fares Bid: Crosville Motor Services Ltd. has applied to the North Western Traffic Commissioners for permission to raise fares. For fares from 3d. to is. Od. a maximum increase of 1d. is proposed, 3d. for fares from is. 2d. to 2s. 4d. and 4d. for fares of 2s. 6d. and above. NEED FOR SMALL TANKERS, SAYS LA YORKSHIRE LA Mr. H. E. Robson said there was a need for the delivery of small lots of oils and spirits in small tankers when he granted an unopposed B-licence application by fuel oil distributor A. and D. Osier and Co., of Bradford, for three tankers at Leeds last week, subject to the surrender of a C licence.
The 2,000-2,500 gal. capacity tankers (4f-ton, 5+-ton and 6-ton) were conditioned, "oils and spirits with a radius of 150 miles of Bradford Post Office".
RIBBLE FARES BID
FACED with mounting costs, Ribble Motor Services Ltd. has applied to the Traffic Commissioners for an increase in bus fares designed to yield an extra E235,000 a year. A separate bid is also to be made to raise express service fares.
FOUR-YEAR SUSPENSION
FOLLOWING the appearance of Robinson (Demolition) Ltd. at Manchester (COMMERCIAL. Maroa., April 7) the North Western Licensing Authority, Mr. C. R. Hodgson, has published his decision to remove the licence of one vehicle in the fleet until January 31 1971 under Section 178 of the Act.