WA wins students' fares appeal
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• At Leeds on August 17 an appeal was heard against cheap week-end bus fares for students from Yorkshire to London, when Yorkshire Pools Services and United Automobile Services Ltd appealed against the granting by Yorkshire Traffic Commissioners of an application by Wallace Arnold Tours Ltd to run week-end buses from York, Leeds and Wakefield to London at a fare of For the appellants Mr P. Fingret said the evidence indicated there would be a considerable loss of passengers from the scheduled services and a survey of one service had disclosed that 50 per cent of the passengers using the bus were students.
The application was granted to Wallace Arnold for week-end journeys for students to London, subject to the following conditions: The journey had to be made during term time; the students had to be between 18 and 25 and must produce identification proof; only five buses are to be used and students must return the same week-end.