Highland `old barges' row
25th February 1977, Page 24
25th February 1977
Page 24
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A ROW has broken out in Caithness about the condition of buses used in the area by Highland Omnibuses.
Last week a delegation of drivers visited the Caithness Courier to complain that old buses from other Scottish Bus Group companies were being sent to end their days in Caithness.
The buses include a dozen SMT Albion Lowlanders dating from 1960.
"I travel daily in them and can vouch for their poor condition," writes a CM reader in the area.
"But what gets me is that these old wrecks get passed by the local inspectors. They'd fail down south on any one of a dozen faults."