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Pensioners' Concessions Appeal

9th July 1954, Page 34
9th July 1954
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Page 34, 9th July 1954 — Pensioners' Concessions Appeal
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AN appeal was heard by Sir Oswald Allen, Ministry of Transport inspector, at Nottingham last week against the refusal of the East Midland Licensing Authority to allow Nottingham Transport Department to grant travel concessions to old-age pensioners.

Mr. R. 0. F. Hickman, for the department, said that they could charge any fares they thought proper, subject to the prevention of competition. Reduced fares would be only at off-peak hours on weekdays, and the lower revenue would be offset by the inducement to old-age pensioners to travel more frequently. The amount of traffic taken from private operators sharing some routes would be negligible.

Mr. W. R. Hargrave, for the Trent Motor Traction Co., Ltd., and the Midland General Omnibus Co., said that the concession would be anomalous if it were limited only to city pensioners. It was the department's policy to cancel concessions enjoyed to other sections of the public. Private operators could not afford to fall in line with such a reduction.

" Any public transport undertaking which is not making, and is not likely to make, a profit for some time to come, is in such a condition that it could not choose a more inopportune time to cut fares." he said.

Opposition was also made by Barton Transport, Ltd.


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