Bus breakdown experiences

[BU07 LGO]

4199 broken down yesteday

I was on this a few years ago on the 966 when it broke down by the airport!

[settlerman]

4552 broken down in Wolverhampton bus station 10 50hrs

[Roy]

4552 broken down in Wolverhampton bus station 10 50hrs

That's two days on the trot then.  It also broke down at Stourbridge Bus Station lunchtime yesterday but was driven away out of service after some mechanical attention.

[Trident 4609]

4552 broken down in Wolverhampton bus station 10 50hrs

Yes it was in the 126 stand. It has gone back into service on the 59

[NXWM Spectra]

4552 broken down in Wolverhampton bus station 10 50hrs

Yes it was in the 126 stand. It has gone back into service on the 59

It must have been a quick problem to fix, I saw it at about 11:45 returning to the bus station after a full trip.

[JackC]

Not exactly a breakdown per se but I got stuck on a Scania (never remembered to check the fleet number) on the 311 today for a few minutes - pulled up onto the stand in Bradford Place and the doors wouldn't open no matter how much the driver mashed the button. We finally ended up having to pull the doors open ourselves, although they did try and put a fight and nearly sprung back into my girlfriend's face. Omnilink doors already had a bad enough reputation as it is, this hasn't done much to help it!  ::)

[Ashley]

TWO Soho Road branded B7TL's were having trouble in great Bridge on the 74 yesterday, sorry its vague but we were all turfed off the bus, i was the last one off, they all crammed onto the 74 while I had a nearly empty 1632 on the 43 :D

[settlerman]

Bad morning in West Bromwich bus station. 2 FTS's 4011 and 4013.

[mranon]

fts's?

Bad morning in West Bromwich bus station. 2 FTS's 4011 and 4013.

[Stu]

"Fail to start"?

[settlerman]

"Fail to start"?
Yes sorry about that I should have put it in full. We used to use quite a few abbreviations on the maintenance. There was LID for a bus that had a fault which wouldn't affect its safety was LID (let it develop).
SS for short service.
VSS for very short service.
NDF for no defect found.
etc etc

[Ash]

1848 broke down on the 4 today in Caldmore.

[wilmotm (Matt Wilmot)]

4229 expired in Dudley this morning, there in a bad way some of the ALX 400 B7's a batch I can see being replaced rather than refurbished, that's if NXWM don't change their minds again

[Sh4318]

596 has broken down it's stuck in the middle of Wolverhampton bus station on the 32

[NXWM Spectra]

596 has broken down it's stuck in the middle of Wolverhampton bus station on the 32

That didn't take long.
Expecting WN to be short over the summer with Trident refurb and B6LE overheating.