BRADFORD AS A LONG-DISTANCE BUS CENTRE.
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Brief Information Concerning the Numerous Services in Regular Operation.
LONG-DISTANCE bus services from Bradford are developing rapidly, and there are now four daily services to London starting from this centre. Ilentinck Motors (" B. and E. Services ") vehicles leave the -office of the Richmond Transport Co., Ltd., Great Horton Road, Bradford, at 8 a.m. and pick up passengers at Leeds, Wakefield, Doncaster and Leicester ; the vehicles known as the Heather Services leave the offices of Mann's Motor Coaches, 3, New Bank Street, at 8.30 a.m.; the vehicles of the South Yorkshire Motor Co., of Pontefract, leave the Packard Garage and Motor Coach Station, Thornton Road, at 8.15 a.m.; whilst those of the Gladwyn
Coaches leave 17, New Bank Street, at
Messrs. Mann have just opened at 3, New Bank Street, a booking office and waiting room for passengers, and have thus provided an innovation for travellers from this part of the country. From here services are also operated to Newcastle and Middlesbrough by the North of England Services and by the Progress Coaches to Blackpool. The office is centrally situated opposite one of the principal motor parks in the city and in a short connecting street between Market Street, the principal street in the city, and Leeds Road.
The fares for the road journey from Bradford to London are standard at 16s. for the single journey and 26s. for the return, whilst the railway fare for the single journey is 24s. 1d. It cannot as yet be said that road travel has become exceptionally popular with Bradford business men who have dose interests with London, but this is probably owing to the time taken by road motor compared with the 5i-hours journiy by rail. The return journey by rail can be made in the day, but this is impossible by road, as the journey itself takes the greater part of the day to accomplish, London not being reached until tea-time.
The West Yorkshire Road Car Co. developed , good services to Blackpool and Morecambe during the summer, and although these have been curtailed during the winter months • thrice-daily services are being maintained. B. and B. Tears, Ltd., of Bradford, runs a through service to Manchester every day via Halifax, Todmorden and Rochdale, vehicles leaving the company's offices, 25a, Charles Street, Bradford, at 920 a.m., and returning from Manchester at 5 p.m., the fares being 3s. 6d. single and 6s. 6d. return compared with 5s. 2d. single by return, The Hebble Services, of Halifax, also connect with their Halifax to Manchester service which runs via Burnley, whilst the Gladwyn Coaches run to Liverpool and Manchester.
The West Yorkshire Road Car Co., who operate a large number of routes radiating from Bradford and this year took over the motorbus side of the activities of Blythe and Berwick, Ltd., of Bradford, have had under consideration the institution of long-distance ser vices, including those to such places as Liverpool, Newcastle and London, but as yet they have not commenced opera tions in this direction. When they do begin such services it is likely that they will make arrangements for linking them up with their extensive services throughout the northern portion of the West Riding.