Blackpool Service to be Tested
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THE fact that buses are running empty cannot be a ground for allowing them to pick up passengers, the Northern Traffic Commissioners ruled at Newcastle last week. They were continuing the hearing of an application by Primrose Coaches, Ryton, Co. Durham, who wanted to carry passengers on empty vehicles running to Blackpool to take holidaymakers back to Newcastle (The Commercial Motor, December 12).
There were strong objections by other operators, including the Northern General Transport Co., Ltd., who had put in an application for Blackpool services from Newcastle. The Primrose proposals concerned vehicles going to Blackpool on Friday evenings to collect Saturday morning passengers. The objectors claimed that Saturday morning services would be hit.
However, Northern General offered to withdraw their objection if Primrose were prepared to run one coach for a test period next season. There would be no advertising, and passengers would be booked on it only when Saturday morning coaches were full, If this were done, Northern General would also withdraw their application for the Friday evening service, Primrose agreed, and the Commissioners made a grant, stipulating that results of the experiment must be produced at the end of the season. They added that demand would be limited.