Joint Routes : Higher Fares Not Automatic
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SMALL bus operators sharing co-ordinated noted services with big companies must not think they were entitled to automatic fare increases to bring them into line with general increases granted to their partners. This was made clear by the North Western Traffic Commissioners, on Monday, when L. G. and H. 0. Phillips applied to bring the fares on their Holywell—Mold stage service in line with those of Crosville Motor Services, Ltd.
Asked by the chairman, Mr. F. Williamson, why the farts should be raised, Mr. J. Phillips said that because of the inter-availability of return tickets it was essential they should be brought into line.
Mr. .Williamson pointed out that the Crosville increases had been in operation since October, and the fares had not been in line for months, but there had been no apparent difficulty. Mr. Phillips replied that he thought they had been automatically raised at the sometime as Crosville's. No application had been made so far as he knew, but his elder brother was responsible for the management.
Mr. Williamson said the hearing would be adjourned until the applicants had explained whether they had charged higher fares since the Crosville increase and, if so, by what authority. If they had retained their old fares. they would have to stale why they should be put up now, and give figures if it were because of increased costs.
CONDITIONS CONTRAVENED: £125 FINES
TWO associated companies, Barchards
(Timber), -Ltd., and Barchards (Transport), Ltd., were fined a total of £125 at Goole, Yorks, last week, when they admitted 19 charges of not observing the conditions of their carriers' licences. They wefe ordered to pay £13 13s. costs.
Mr. E. Wurzal, prosecuting for the Yorkshire Licensing Authority, said steel was carried in the companies' vehicles when they were not licensed for this traffic. A few days after committing the offences they applied to add steel to their licence conditions, but their request was refused.
Mr. R. E. Paterson, defending, said no one in Goole had vehicles suitable for steel carriage and Barchards used their vehicles in an emergency.
WORK ON MOTORWAY TO START WORK on the London-Birmingham VI' motorway will be formally inaugurated at Slip End, Luton Boo, by Mr. Harold Watkinson, Minister of Transport, on Monday.
The 70-mile road is scheduled for completion in 19 months and will call for the greatest concentration of road-building equipment ever seen in this country. At a signal from Mr. Watkinson, two columns of machines will move off, one to the north and the other to the south.