Barton Plans for Village Rejected
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PROPOSALS put forward by Barton Transport, Ltd., for increasing their services between Nottingham and the village of Calverton were strongly resisted by Nottingham Corporation when they were put before the East Midland Traffic Commissioners.
Mr. G. Guest, for the corporation, said the company's scheme to run an extra six buses to the village and seven on the return journeys on weekdays would abstract traffic from the corporation's services to the intermediate Arnold district.
"The new services would pass through Arnold, which we now serve comprehensively, and provide additional seats at a time of day when all buses are far from full," he said. "Passengers would be abstracted when they are scarce."
Mr. Ben England, the corporation's general manager, added that abstraction would affect the corporation's ability to provide Arnold with satisfactory services.
Mr. R. S. Whitby, for Barton's, pointed out that Arnold had always been regarded as a "free" area by the company, the corporation and the Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd. The application was designed to meet requirements at Calverton. where the population was now 5,000 and was expected to increase to 7,000.
Members of Calverton Parish Council supported the application and they were backed up by a local vicar who described existing services as " uncivilized."
Rejecting the application, Mr. C. R. Hodgson, chairman, said it was much too ambitious and premature. Barton's might be successful if they made a more modest application.