Ghost buses * Australia - Passengers stranded by

Tens of thousands of people are being left stranded on the side of the road wondering why their bus never arrived, with an average of 90 Government bus services a day being cancelled without notice

Sydney,NSW,Australia -NEWS.com/The Daily Telegraph, by Heath Aston -July 03, 2007: -- ... In just one month to last Monday, a staggering 2763 State Transit bus services simply didn't run, according to confidential State Transit records obtained... The service logs confirm what commuters have long suspected – the timetable is no guarantee a bus will show up.... At least 1600 of the ghost buses were due to mechanical breakdowns, revealing a maintenance crisis across State Transit Authority's (STA) 11 Sydney bus depots... (The Daily Telegraph - Stranded ... commuters wait at the bus stop near the University of NSW on Anzac Parade)