Bus incidents
Bus incidents
RE: Bus incidents
(10 Jun 2026, 1:21 pm)BusLoverMum wrote Sadly not much left of this after last night's thuggery in Belfast.
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Who needs heroes anyway? Villians have more fun.
Who needs heroes anyway? Villians have more fun.
RE: Bus incidents
Stagecoach NE (26293) took a wrong turn this afternoon into Percy Street Car Park - https://www.facebook.com/reel/993898183626155
RE: Bus incidents
(27 Jun 2026, 7:41 pm)Malarkey wrote Stagecoach NE (26293) took a wrong turn this afternoon into Percy Street Car Park - https://www.facebook.com/reel/993898183626155
I mean….how
Looks like it’s gone along strawberry place and straight into Eldon garden car park
Did the driver think there was an exit into st Thomas street from there?
Wistfully stuck in the 90s
RE: Bus incidents
Market Street was absolute carnage this evening around half 4 following a broken-down Yutong E10 operating Service 53 at the bus stop outside the Theatre Royal.
Behind it were another E10 on the 53 and two E12s on the Q3/Q3X, which quickly led to gridlock. The driver of 5809, which was unable to turn left, refused to move, resulting in an argument with the driver of the 54, as our bus was completely blocked in and it was unsafe to attempt to go around.
Eventually, after not only myself but several other passengers got off the 54 to voice their frustration, the Q3/Q3X driver agreed to move. Realistically, all that was required was to continue along Market Street, divert via the Bigg Market, and then rejoin the normal route. Instead, around 20–25 minutes passed before any movement was made.
I overheard the driver speaking to Control and saying that he would only move if the two buses trapped behind the broken-down E10 were reversed out of Grey Street and back onto Market Street to avoid further delays to those services. That was probably the only sensible suggestion made during the whole incident.
From a passenger's perspective, the situation appeared to be made worse by an unwillingness to take a straightforward diversion when one was clearly available, leaving multiple buses and dozens of passengers delayed unnecessarily.
Behind it were another E10 on the 53 and two E12s on the Q3/Q3X, which quickly led to gridlock. The driver of 5809, which was unable to turn left, refused to move, resulting in an argument with the driver of the 54, as our bus was completely blocked in and it was unsafe to attempt to go around.
Eventually, after not only myself but several other passengers got off the 54 to voice their frustration, the Q3/Q3X driver agreed to move. Realistically, all that was required was to continue along Market Street, divert via the Bigg Market, and then rejoin the normal route. Instead, around 20–25 minutes passed before any movement was made.
I overheard the driver speaking to Control and saying that he would only move if the two buses trapped behind the broken-down E10 were reversed out of Grey Street and back onto Market Street to avoid further delays to those services. That was probably the only sensible suggestion made during the whole incident.
From a passenger's perspective, the situation appeared to be made worse by an unwillingness to take a straightforward diversion when one was clearly available, leaving multiple buses and dozens of passengers delayed unnecessarily.
RE: Bus incidents
RE: Bus incidents
(04 Nov 2026, 8:26 am)thw1008 wrote https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor...m-34838004
She’s making a big song and dance because she’s not getting her own way. This kind of thing is exactly what home insurance is for, accidental damage.
RE: Bus incidents
Accidental damage should be accepting liability
Im watching this case with interest and so is other lawyers across the company
Postman pat terms
What object hit the "fence" ?
GNE was the owner that is the contract
The driver GNE approved them to be competent to drive their assets -GNE did the due diligence
Medical issue or anything ...it was a GNE Asset that struck the fence
That is where the issue lies
Mind you the legal company they have instructed are intersting choice to say the least
Im watching this case with interest and so is other lawyers across the company
Postman pat terms
What object hit the "fence" ?
GNE was the owner that is the contract
The driver GNE approved them to be competent to drive their assets -GNE did the due diligence
Medical issue or anything ...it was a GNE Asset that struck the fence
That is where the issue lies
Mind you the legal company they have instructed are intersting choice to say the least
RE: Bus incidents
(04 Nov 2026, 6:28 pm)220631612 wrote She’s making a big song and dance because she’s not getting her own way. This kind of thing is exactly what home insurance is for, accidental damage.
I think I’d be pissed off if a bus hit my property, just as I would if a car did. Regardless of medical incidents, GNE are liable.
Put it another way, if a GNE bus went into the back of my car, GNE would be liable.
RE: Bus incidents
(Yesterday, 9:27 pm)Economic505 wrote I think I’d be pissed off if a bus hit my property, just as I would if a car did. Regardless of medical incidents, GNE are liable.
Put it another way, if a GNE bus went into the back of my car, GNE would be liable.
If you have a medical incident then they're not liable, it's a bizarre loophole, which I don't agree with but that's another thread.
Mind for the sake of £10k or whatever it is, GNE would be more sensible to pay it out their own pocket rather than risking reputational damage imo. It's not like it's going to break the bank of GoAhead.