Over the mountains in double-deckers
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• Passengers were nervous after travelling over Welsh mountains in double-decker buses, a witness claimed at a sitting of the South Wales Traffic Commissioners at Cardiff when an operator applied for increased fares for carrying Inland Revenue staff to and from work.
R. I. Davies and Son Ltd, of Tredegar, Mon, applied to vary the conditions of three express carriage licences. Earlier, objections had been withdrawn and representations were made by the Inland Revenue Staff Association.
Mr R. Craddick, for the company, said the first application was for an increase in the fares relating to the Tredegar to Blackpool service to bring them in line with Red and White Services.
The other application was for an increase in fares and the introduction of single fares and day returns between Tredegar and the Inland Revenue offices in Cardiff.
These latter services had been taken over from another operator in 1967 and the fares had not been raised for 10 years.
It was hoped that the new fare structure would increase business because at the moment potential passengers were only doing the journey three times a week and some remained in Cardiff for the evening, having to pay for a return journey on another service.
Mr T. H. Davies, managing director, said that as far as the Blackpool service was concerned all business last year had been switched to Red and White to avoid confusion over the difference in fares.
The Inland Revenue service was now un