Bid for Seven Tours
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T°provide a greater variety of destinations for their passengers and increase the duration of some of their existing teak's, Heaps Tours, Ltd., applied to the Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners last week for more Vehicle jOurneys and longer periods of duration in respect of
eight destinations.
New services to Weymouth. Skegness, Edinburgh, Dover, Stranraer, BourneMouth arid. Great Yarinouth were sought and it was said that if these were granted they would add to the company's facilities by 86.6 per Cent
Mr. R. Meacroft, manager of Heaps, prochiced operational figure S for the 1961 season and pointed out that during the early part they had not used their vehicle allowance to ca.pacity because there had not been sufficient traffic_ However, the average loading figure for each vehicle journey during this year had been 36. Over 5,000 people had already made bookings for 1962. All the tours on the existing licences were being operated to near capacity, and passengers were always asking for a wider choice of destinations.
Mr. Meacroft saw no reason why they should not try to cater for this demand_ The application was opposed by Wallace Arnold Tours; Ltd., Sheffeld United Tours, Ltd.. Feather Bros. (Tours), Ltd., Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd., United Automobile Services. Ltd., Eastern Omnibus Co., Ltd.. Tetley's Motor .Services. The Yorkshire Pool Operators and British. Railways.
Over 45 witnesses attended to support the application, which was continued at Leeds on Tuesday. The case was again adjourned for further evidence to be heard.