§ Sir R. Blairasked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the lack of co-operation in the timetables of the London Passenger Transport Board omnibuses and the railway company at Gerrard's Cross station, particularly in the evening, causing inconvenience and expense to passengers who, except for the rationing of petrol, would be using their motor cars; and will he make representations for the departure of the last omnibus from Gerrard's Cross to be delayed when the arriving train is a few minutes behind time?
§ Captain WallaceI am informed by the London Passenger Transport Board that, so far as is consistent with the running of bus services at fixed and regular intervals, the buses serving Gerrard's Cross station connect with trains to and from London. The board's staff have instructions to wait up to three minutes if a train is late, and recently an inspector has been on duty at the station and has exercised his discretion to hold the buses for longer periods where this can be done without interfering unduly with the timetable for the journey in question and for subsequent journeys.
The bus which leaves Gerrard's Cross at 10.16 p.m. for Chalfont St. Giles has on occasion been held for as long as nine minutes in order to make the connection with the train from Marylebone; the board are exploring the whole position to see whether anything further can be done in the matter.