ame routes, different fares
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When the new fares structure, approved the North Western Traffic Commissioners week (CM March 21) is Introduced hy -ichester City Transport on Sunday, there be the unusual occurrence on a number of Les of passengers paying different fares for Meal tourneys on buses owned by the same erta king.
.11 fares on the traditional two-man operatJuses (with the exception of stages 1 and are to be increased by 3d, while the -man operated and the 6r( flat fare imax services will remain unchanged.
4r. J. Thompson Manchester's general lager, said criticism had been levelled that system was unfair because people could choose on which bus they travelled. But transport committee considered that the tr two proposals submitted would put an n heavier burden on certain sections of the lic. It had been decided to pass on the ngs gained with one-man operation to those who helped the services to operate,: about a quarter of the six million passengers.
He was aware that there might be a: 'scramblefor the cheaper ride, as at Middleton where passengers travelling into Manchester on the new limited stop one man, bus froth Langley Estate would pay less than those using the traditional bus over the same route. [his he felt was unfortunate but inevitable. The savings gained through one-man operation about £ !m a year-far outweighed any reduction in the quality of. service. Fare evasion was 2+ per cent as opposed to 11 on two-man buses.
Passenger recession had been calculated at. 6'. per cent at present but it was hoped that this would reduce over the next few years that was the reason the department was only asking for 1772,000 as against the estimated deficit tor the year ending March 31, 1970 of £977,230.