Buses World News
In brief: Worldwide montly news & informations about Buses, Busmakers, Passengers' and the Transport Industry
FALLEN OFF * UK - Bus firm ordered to reduce fleet
London,UK -BBC News -21 Feb 2009: -- A London bus firm has been ordered to reduce its fleet of buses after it was found to have breached safety rules... London Central Bus Company Ltd was ordered to take 20 of its buses off the road - reducing its fleet to 618 - following a maintenance report... The investigation, by the Traffic Commissioner for London, heard evidence that a wheel had fallen off one of the company's buses while in service... (Picture: A wheel fell off one of the firm's buses while in service in July 2008)Labels: bad maintenance
MAINTENANCE * Australia - New brakes for buses - but no investigation
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia -The Sydney Morning Herald, by Linton Besser -March 26, 2008: -- Handbrakes on 18 State Transit buses have had to be replaced days after an empty bus rolled away and crashed onto live railway tracks at Epping - but the state's transport safety watchdog has dropped its investigation into the incident... An audit by a State Transit mechanic, initially found 20 of 85 buses at the Willoughby depot had a fault and that four had "failed"... The log was compiled in the days after an unattended Scania bus crashed onto the rail line at Epping... The four buses found to have had a failed brake underwent maintenance at the weekend and had a part replaced as a precaution, said a State Transit spokesman, Paul Jackson... (Photo by Nick Moir - Crash … the scene at Epping eight days ago.)Labels: bad maintenance
London,UK -BBC News -21 Feb 2009: -- A London bus firm has been ordered to reduce its fleet of buses after it was found to have breached safety rules... London Central Bus Company Ltd was ordered to take 20 of its buses off the road - reducing its fleet to 618 - following a maintenance report... The investigation, by the Traffic Commissioner for London, heard evidence that a wheel had fallen off one of the company's buses while in service... (Picture: A wheel fell off one of the firm's buses while in service in July 2008)
