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Buckmaster's Lose Appeal
Page 54
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THE appeal lodged by Buckmaster Garages, Ltd., of Leighton Buzzard, against decisions of the East Midland Traffic Commissioners has been turned down by the Minister of Transport
The public inquiry, held last September, concerned three applications. In the first, the Traffic Commissioners had refused Buckmaster's application for an express service between Aylesbury and Great Yarmouth. In the second, they had refused to grant Buckmaster's the destinations of Weymouth and Wareham and single fares as applied for When granting them a licence for an express service between Far Bletchley and Bournemouth. In the third application, United Counties Omnibus Co., Ltd., had been granted an express service between Aylesbury and Luton.
The Minister says the main point for decision in relation to the first and third appeals is whether express services connecting Aylesbury and Leighton Buzzard with Great Yarmouth should be provided by Buckmaster's or by United Counties. Buckmaster's offer the advantage of a through service, whereas passengers using the United Counties feeder service to Luton will have to change coaches there (except on such occasions as the vehicle used on the feeder service is also used for the onward service to Great Yarmouth).
Advantage Reduced
Buckmaster's also, unlike United Coun-. ties, offer a service from Bletchley, but this advantage is reduced by the fact that at the time of the hearings a reasonably direct railway service was available from Bletchley to Great Yarmouth. The United Counties feeder service, on the other hand, provides for travellers to destinations other than Great Yarmouth which can be reached by express service from Luton and for which there was some evidence of demand. It also provides a service to a number of points along its route.
The Minister considers that, in the circumstances, the relative claims of the c8
parties as existing operators must be decisive. Buckmaster's provide no services in Aylesbury and their services from Leighton Buzzard are preponderantly for excursions and tours. United Counties, however, are the main providers of stage carriage services from both towns.
As to the second appeal, the Minister agrees with the Commissioners that the evidence of demand was insufficient to justify extension beyond Bournemouth Of the service granted to Buckmaster's.
LORRY LIGHTS
NAR. ERNEST MARPLES is to be lvi asked to study a suggestion that lorries should carry lights indicating their height and width at the top.
The idea was put forward in the Lords last week by the Earl of Gosford, who commented: "There is nothing more dangerous at night than lorries being driven, the height and width of which one does not really know."
Lord Chesham, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry, said that bearing in mind the widely varying sizes and shapes of different types of vehicles it would not be possible to define positional limits of lights any more closely than at present.