HC Deb 30 July 1984 vol 65 cc75-6W
19. Mr. Beith

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how he proposes to achieve co-ordination of bus and rail services under his plan to remove the responsibilities of county councils for co-ordinating public transport services.

Mr. Ridley

Where passengers wish to make journeys which use both bus services and the railway, it will be in the interests of bus operators providing services on their own account, and of local authorities contracting for services, to establish timetables for bus services which achieve maximum co-ordination between bus and rail.