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Three Out of 200 Tours Run Regularly

8th March 1957, Page 65
8th March 1957
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

EXCURSION and tour licences became farcical when operators had schedules of some 200 destinations and, for 90 per cent. of the time, used the vehicles to the three principal Lancashire seaside resortS1

The North Western Traffic Commissioners were told this at Manchester, last week, . by Mr. F. D. Walker, objecting for Ribble Motor Services, Ltd., Lancashire United Transport, Ltd., and North Western Road Car Co., Ltd., to applications by two Bolton operators, Hoidens Carriage Co., Ltd., and A. E. Hargreaves, Ltd., for increased vehicle allowances at holiday periods.

Mr. Walker said the objectors were seeking to protect their express services from Bolton to Blackpool, Morecambe and Southport. The applicants' figures showed heavy concentration on these places. They had made out no case for increases at Christmas or Whitsuntide, and he asked the Commissioners to exclude them from any grant.

For the applicants, Mr. H. Backhouse said they had lagged behind the other operators in Bolton in applying for increases, which were granted to some of them last year. Ribble were granted " fantastic increases in 1953 for the second week of the Bolton holidays, entitling them to run 600 per cent, more vehicles than in the previous year.

Hargreaves were applying to increase the number of coaches from 4 to 6 on local and general holidays, 8 to 10 during Bolton's annual holidays, and 4 to 8 on the Monday of the September holiday. Hoidens wanted an all-round increase from 2 to 4 during the same period. .

Mr. Granville Dixon, for British Railways, said there was no evidence of need for additional facilities. Witnesses from the general public should be insisted upon.

Mr. Walker said they did not concede that coming into line with other operators was any ground for a grant. On the question of the "fantastic increases." a second Ribble excursion and. tour licence had 30 vehicles a day at holidays, and the real increase was only front 36 to 48. In 1952 there was no second holiday week.

Reserving decision, the chairman, Mr. F.' Williamson, said that some additional vehicles would be granted, but certain destinations would he excluded


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