MPs back bus-for-rail
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THE COMMONS transport cc mittee is backing the call for mote rail services to be replal by buses.
MPs in the committee w due to complete their report the Serpell Report in rail ances this week and substitut is thought to be high on their of priorities.
It is likely that the MPs point to British Rail's ent siasm for the idea and they n even comment on the recent position to their proposals.
But the most crucial part of committee's remarks will be attitude to Government supr for bus substitution through public service obligation.
One of the problems of bus substitution services in duced after the Beeching cut.1 years ago was that they were guaranteed, with the result they were quickly closed dow However, the MPs are likeh take a sympathetic view to G ernment subsidies, arguing they would still be cheaper tl continuing with totally uneco mic train services.