sentences:  Passenger numbers had fallen from 116,366 in 1928 to 104,638 in 1929 but in 1930 there was a huge fall to 63,608.This was caused by the opening of what is still known locally as 'the new road'in December 1929.This enabled Ezra Laycock to start a bus service from Barnoldswick via Salterforth to Earby.