No Midland Fox decision
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THERE IS STILL no decision on Midland Fox's application for revised services in Leicester and for removal of boundary protection for Leicester City Transport (CM, February 18).
Leicester feared the effect on revenue and has lodged its own applications to increase its competitive business with Midland Fox over other routes, but discussions with Leicestershire County Council led to consideration of these proposals being deferred.
Leicester manager Geoffrey Hilditch said that fresh surveys conducted since the first hearing showed the undertaking risks losing revenue in the order of £710,000. That would have to be made up by cutting 35 conductors' jobs and raising fares by 1p over any increase for inflation.
Consideration would also have to be given to scrapping the "access" service for the disabled and withdrawing six buses from the peak service.
Midland Fox general manager Peter Lutman said the available capacity its services ought to be available to all passengers who wished to travel and while the area stop sign restriction existed that was not possible.
For Leicester City, Matthew Thorpe argued that Midland Red East had changed its name to Midland Fox because of the dissatisfaction that had developed among its passengers.
Commissioners' chairman Kenneth Peter said they would visit the routes concerned before reaching a decision.