Bristol's 2d. Fares May Disappear.
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TWOPENNY bus fares may disappear
in Bristol if a new wage claim, at present being negotiated, is granted. A spokesman of the Bristol Omnibus Co., Ltd., stated last week that higher fares would have to be applied for as a result.
it would be most likely that the first fares to be affected would be those in the lower range because these were not increased when fares were last revised.
The number of passengers carried and receipts have dwindled steadily in recent years. Passengers in 1956 totalled 159,709,714 and receipts were £2,276,907. For the first nine months of this year the number of passengers carried was 104,617,143, with receipts totalling IMPROVING MI
A REPORT is shortly to be made to 1-1 the Minister of Transport by a small committee which he has appointed to "consider urgently" the improvement of the usefulness of the Ml. Mr. R. Gresham-Cooke (Cons., Twickenham) was told this in a written reply by the Minister in the House last: week.