"High Rail Fares No Justification for Coaches"
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" T DO not think it would be right to
1 authorize a vehicle because the rail fare is so much above the road fare." Mr. A. G. Dyer, an assistant in the District Passenger Superintendent's Office, British Railways, Salford, made this statement last week when the Yorkshire Licensing Authority heard an application by H. Wharam, Ltd., Barnsley, for the renewal of its licence to run coaches to Blackpool between July and October.
Mr. F. Evans, representing the applicant, had asked Mr. Dyer whether people should be compelled to pay 23s. 3d. rail fare because coaches were not available on which the fare would be 14s. Mr. Dyer admitted, however, that as money was becoming "tighter," people would look for means for cheaper travel.
Rail traffic between the two towns fell substantially last year, and Mr. Dyer attributed this decline to the shortness of money.
The Yorkshire Traction Co., Ltd., besides the Railway Executive, opposed the company's application. Mr. F. Bentham, assistant traffic manager of Yorkshire Traction, said that his company was able to carry all the traffic offered last year.
The application was granted with a modification for the destination to be Corporation Park, Blackpool. Permission to run duplicate buses on the service, except in Barnsley Feast Week, was refused.