Extra Buses Would Mean More Losses
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LF' the rail passenger services using du central low-level line in Glasgow wen withdrawn, Glasgow Corporation woulc have to put on 26 extra buses in th( morning and 41 in the evening. Thi' was stated at a public inquiry into th( axeing, under the Beeching Plan, o services from 23 railway stations it Glasgow and district on the low-leve line.
Mr. J. F. Falconer, town clerk, tot( the Transport Users' Consultative Corn mince that as peak bus services operate( at a loss, these extra services would incu financial loss for the transport depart ment.
Chairman of the T.U.C.C., Sir Join Greig Dunbar, questioned Mr. Falcone about the possibility of the corporatiol and British Railways sharing the loss o an uneconomic rail service which wa nevertheless necessary. Mr. Falcone replied that he knew of no statutor! authority which would permit the cor porat ion to do this, but it was a problen that he felt sure would be examined The transport department was at presen incurring heavy losses, he said, and th; additional payment involved in such at arrangement would be a question of get ting a heavier bank overdraft. But i was possible that Parliamentary measure could be taken to deal with such ; situation, he added.