Carlisle concession fares plan
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• A plan for introducing concessionary bus fares for old people and the blind has been drawn up by Carlisle's city treasurer. A report of a meeting between a council sub-committee and representatives of Ribble Motor Services Ltd to discuss the plan appears in minutes soon to come before the city council.
A scheme favoured by the subcommittee would give concessions to all registered blind people and old age pensioners, on each day from 10 am to 4 pm, and all day Sunday. The value of concessions would be £4 per year for each person—equivalent to Is 6d a week.
The committee suggested that a token system would be used for concessionary fares, and that Ribble should reconsider a suggested 5 per cent charge on the corporation for administration. The company representatives agreed to consider these two points, said the report.