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Bus Revenue Falling By £1,000 a Week

24th April 1959, Page 41
24th April 1959
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THE revenue of Cumberland. Motor Services, Ltd., is falling by about 1,000 a week, the _Northern Traffic Commissioners heard at Carlisle last week. Mr. J. L. R. Croft told them there had been a substantial decline in passengers—latest weekly figures showed a drop of 46,500.

. He was appearing for the company in their application to reduce the length and frequency of one of their Whitehaven town services. A census had shown, he said, that on the route in question 53-seaters were only half full at peak periods. If the proposals were approved 600 mites a week would be saved. together with the use of one vehicle and the wages of two crews.

Mr. W. H. Brown; Whitehaven Town Clerk, protested that the application would be followed by others. Many Whitehaven people felt that the company were not doing their best because they had a monopoly, he suggested.

Granting the application, Mr. I. A. T. Hanlon, chairman, said no one should expect a company to run 50or 60-seaters to carry a handful of people.

Mr. W. Spencer, Coventry Transport Commitee chairman, said last week that fare reductions could not be contemplated because an influenza epidemic had turned £3,000 profit into a £3,000 loss.

"If we had one extra passenger per trip it would result in something like E.38,000 additional income a year," he said. "If we lose one passenger per trip we stand to lose the same amount."

In the past year there had been an increase of 3 per cent. in the number of passengers carried, making the total 91,300,000. The Excise duty relief would help the undertaking by about £18,000, and it was hoped that there would not be any further fare increases. During the year £28,000 had been received from private hire.

RING ROAD IN LEICESTER 'TWO further sections of the Leicester I Central Ring Road are to be built shortly, at a cost of £253,349. The scheme involves the construction of a second carriageway between Church Gate and Great Central Street, and of a new dual carriageway between Abbey Street and Belgrave Gate. Roundabouts are to be built at four major crossings.


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