Yorkshire Co.'s Fare Increases Refused
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THE Yorkshire Licensing Authority I has rejected the application of Yorkshire Woollen District Transport
Co., Ltd., to increase fares on certain • routes. The application was opposed by five local councils.
Mr. I. L. Gray, general manager, said last week that if the increases had been granted, his company's fares would have compared favourably with those of any other transport undertaking. No business house could operate successfully under the conditions that faced his company today. In addition to the burden of extra costs, there was a positive decline in traffic.
The company had proposed that on longer routes single fares between lid. and 5id. (excluding 2d. fares) should he increased by id. All ordinary return and workmen's return fares were to be advanced by Id. and the rate for contract tickets was to have been raised.
Fares on the country services of the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Co., Ltd., will be increased from July 26. The company's services in Bath and Weston-super-Mare will also be affected. Granting the application, the Western Licensing Authority made only one modification. The 4d. minimum return fare applied for was reduced to 3d. on services in the areas of Bath and Stroud.
The general feeling among transport undertakings on the rise in fuel prices appears to be that it will not affect them sufficiently to warrant any further increase in fares, but it will be another matter if the wage claims now being negotiated are granted. An exception is Scottish Omnibuses, Ltd., who have stated that the increase in fuel prices would cost the Scottish group of bus companies an estimated £45,000 a year. "This will offset many of the economies which have been effected in the past year," says a statement, "and will almost certainly have an important bearing on future operations."
Scottish Omnibuses have an application pending to increase by id. all single fares between 3d. and 9d.
EVIDENCE SOUGHT BY LONDON TRANSPORT INQUIRY
THE committee of inquiry into London Transport invite interested organizations or persons to submit evidence. It must be sent in writing in the first instance, as soon as possible and in any event not later than October 31 next, to the secretary of the committee, Mr. B. E. Bellamy, at the Ministry of Transport, Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, London, W.I.
The committee's terms of reference are:—" To inquire into the conduct of the undertaking carried on by the London Transport Executive (excluding any questions relating to charges) with a view to ascertaining what practical measures can be taken by the British Transport Commission and the Executive in order to secure greater efficiency or economy and to report."