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Two Bus Systems May Merge
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HASLINGDEN Transport Committee is, at its next meeting, to consider asking Rawtenstall Corporation to reopen negotiations aimed at effecting a merger of the two towns' bus undertakings. This follows remarks by the chairman of the North Western Traffic Commissioners, Mr. F. Williamson, at a Haslingden fares application last month. Mr. Williamson said there was "a definite need" to consider the regrouping. of local undertakings.
With a fleet of 18 vehicles (only five of which are needed at off-peak periods) Haslingden would have difficulty in again putting up its fares, he remarked. The general manager of Has lingden Transport Department, Mr. L. T. Merrall, estimated that £8,000 to £10,000 a year could be saved, but added that previous negotiations had "died a natural death."
The chairman of Haslingden Transport Committee, air. J. Walsh, has publicly stated that he is in favour of a merger.
RAWTENSTALL'S 1.4,900 SURPLUS
ANET surplus—its fourth successive one—of £4,911 was shown for the year ended March 31 last, by Rawtenstail Transport Department. It compared with a surplus of £7,451 in 1958-59. Total income last year was £129,549 (£178,982 the previous year) and operating expenses came to £165,070 (£161,682).
LYTHAM REORGANIZATION PLANS
PROPOSALS for a reorganization of bus services were discussed on Wednesday ,by a sub-committee of Lytham St. Annes Transport Committee, formed last February' for the purpose. The subcommittee studied a eomPrehensive • report prepared by the general manager of the undertaking, Mr. R.-C. Armstrong.
Proposed improvements to the existing services are designed to cater for areas which have become increasingly residential over the past few years. Property has sprung up on a large scale in some districts of the borough.
SOUTHPORT TO CUT EARLY BUSES
AS an economy move, Southport Transport Department is to reduce the frequency of buses on most routes between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. on weekdays, after next Sunday, from' the present 12-minute to a 15-minute headway.