BUSES TO BE RUN AT A LOSS
29th November 1946, Page 58
29th November 1946
Page 58
Page 58, 29th November 1946
— BUSES TO BE RUN AT A LOSS
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I)URING a debate on , passenger transport at Sheffield City Council's November meeting, it was stated that 20 buses were to be hired to cover a shortage of vehicles, and it was hoped to hire 10 more. These hired vehicles would be operated at an estimated loss of £2 per day.
Alderman T, W. Bridgland, chairman of the passenger transport committee, said that 65 of the corporation's own buses had been condemned by the Ministry of Transport and 17 others had been withdrawn by the passenger transport department, because they were unsafe. The department had 131 buses of ages ranging from 10 to 16 years, and they were liabilities, rather than assets. The corporation had ordere0 208 new buses for this autumn, but delivery had not begun.