Lines Road Car's New Plans : Preston Keeps id. Fare
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VET another State-controlled .bus / company has.filed its second:application for general fares increases within a year. This time it is the' Lincolnshire Road Car Co., Ltd.. and the new variations proposed affect 210 services. Single fares over 3W. and return fares where the equivalent single fare is more than 10d. are modified by the new proposals, which have been placed before the East
Midland Licensing Authority. As a result, the minimum return •rate may become Is. 7d. and the minimum workmen's return 5d... .
Although higher charges put into effect last December had increased revenue by £42.126, Burnley, Crane and Nelson Joint Transport Committee was faced with a loss of £33,610 at the end of the current financial year. This was stated at a hearing of the NortlaWestern Licensing Authority recently, when the committee's application for new fare revisions was considered.
. Since the undertaking had been constituted in 1933, only two applications for minor variations had been made. Now it was proposed to add ad. to all fares not increased last December, to abolish workmen's discount tickets and to increase other workmen's rates. Although revenue had increased by £42,216 in the year ended March, 1950, Operating costs had increased by £82,631, resulting in a deficit of.E2,586. At March, 1951. there was an estimated deficit ot £46,372. • increasing to £126.688 in the current year. At the moment. the undertaking was losing £1,500 a week. Decision was reserved.
Well-eonceived " Application On the same day, the North-Western Licensing Authority granted the application . of Preston Corporation to add ad. to all adult fares. except for a few cases where.the Id. minimum would be retained. These will Came into operation on July 1. The Licensing Authority referred to the weIleconceived nature of the application, which was made to redress an .adverse .balance of £44,500 estimated farthe current gear. The new rates were, expected to produce £44,500 more revenue a year, Which would offset .increased costs, .
Alnioiaidantical proposals, aimed at increasing all single fares by Id. and return rates by W„ were made by Darlington-• Corporation to. the Northern LicensingAuthority ,in the same week. Decision was reserved-however, as both motorbus and trolleybus tares were concerned. Increased revenue amounting to £25,335 was expected to accrue from the new rates if granted, which Would offset a deficit -.rising to, £25,150 by March. 1952, On the .present fates. The new rates saggested represented an increase of 55 per mit. on those charged in 1938, when °iterating costs were 157 per cent lower than at present.
Additional revenue amounting to £140.000 is expected from new farts scales proposed by Bradford Corpora *32 tion, but not yet placed before the ' Licensing Authorities. Current estimates indicated a loss of £127,01710 on the year's operation, and the new schedules suggesi a revision of the fares and stages on both motorbus and trolleybus tomes. A 2d. minimum Is proposed, and there are no ad. units in the new fare tables, wide% include concessions for passengers travelling before 9 a.m.
New rates were granted last week by the South Wales Licensing Authority to the following operators: Aberdare, Caerphilly, Gellygaer and Pontypridd Urban Councils, and the West Monmonthshire OmnibusRoard. In the case of Aberdare and Caerphilly all fares were raised, whilst in the case of the other operators only certain services are affected.
Cumberland Motor Services has submitted an application for higher charges on 96 routes. Single tickets above 7d. and return tickets above 6d. are affected.
Other new applications have been made by the following: Hansoms Buses, Ltd., Huddersfield (18 routes—minimum of 2d.): Red and White Services, Ltd. (20 Herefordshire routes); Messrs. Yeoman's Motors, Hereford (26 routes).