Undercut move in Wales
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UGH FARES charged on buses operated by Crosville Motor Serrices in Rhyl in North Wales have prompted local independent Les iughes Transport Services (North Wales) Ltd to apply for five stage :aniage licences to run services in competition.
Mr Hughes told CM that for our passengers it was consideribly cheaper to travel in the area )y taxi than bus on many routes. At a public hearing held before he North Western Traffic Cornnissioners in Colwyn Bay, it was isserted that if Mr Hughes was ■ uccessful, Crosville could be 'orced to close its Denbigh depot Ind redundancies could result.
For Crosville, Michael Waller aated that Mr Hughes was tryng to cream off some of Crosrille's most profitable services lnd the loss of these would cost :he firm £240,000, which might 'esult in substantial cuts in existng rural services.
Mr Hughes fares will in some :ases be as low as one fifth of the existing and Crosville had, For many years, subsidised less profitable routes from the routes in question.
The application was also opposed by Clwyd County Council which contributes £1.4m revenue support to Crosville services within, the county. County Transport Co-ordinator Malcolm Gylee said that the authority was
.determined to protect the network of services in the county but was not out to protect any one operator.
The hearing was adjourned until June 29.