178 Complaints Over Yew Route, Say Ribble
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1URING the three months' trial period in which a new bus route was run on Harraby Estate, the operators, bble Motor Services, Ltd., lost 14 per it. of the original traffic into the estate d 12# per cent, out of it. These figures re given to the Northern Traffic Comssioners, last week, when the company :ed to revert to their former route.
Ihe experimental route was served frdm wember 1, after the Commissioners J given notice that they intended to y Ribble's licence following represenons from Carlisle Corporation. Using _same number of buses meant that )ble had to cut the frequency from 15 30 minutes (,The Commercial Motor, ober 3, 1958).
:living the results last week. Mr. F. D. lker, for Ribble, said two petitions I been received and complaints were numerous that they bore out the corny's contention that the original route , best. There had not been one corn:lent to inspectors and conductors, but had been 178 complaints.
Ir. J. G., Hawkins, Carlisle's deputy engineer, maintained that the result he trial period endorsed the Corpora's view that the new route was the ier one. The complaints received 5 insignificant out of a population of 9.000. He hoped buses would keep yell-lighted roads specially made for s. instead of reverting to the former e.
ie hearing continues next Wednesday_