Buses World News
In brief: Worldwide montly news & informations about Buses, Busmakers, Passengers' and the Transport Industry
* UK - Buses forced off road in tree row
A fleet of double decker buses introduced last month have been taken off the roads because of tree damageWiltshire,UK -The Wiltshire Times, by Helen Thomas -28 June 2007: -- ... Swindon-based Stagecoach invested £500,000 into the route 49 service, from Trowbridge to Swindon, but has now replaced the double deckers with single decker buses because overhanging trees have smashed windows... Passenger Janet Jeffery, from Paxcroft Mead, said she was very disappointed to see the single decker buses back just a month after the new fleet was introduced... Labels: off roads
Off Road * UK - 'Unsafe' school buses taken
Four school buses and coaches have been taken off the road following a police stingBarnoldswick,England,UK -The Barnoldswick Times -20 Mar 2007: -- A crackdown on unsafe buses, mini-buses and coaches – codenamed Operation Coachman – was carried out by Pennine Division's road policing unit, the
Automatic Number Plate Recognition team and VOSA... As part of the operation on Thursday and Friday, 15 vehicles were chosen at random and taken to an inspection point once they had dropped the children off and given a thorough inspection.... Four of them were given immediate prohibitions for defects involving brake discs, suspension and in one case, a fire hazard... Labels: off roads
