Bus breakdown experiences

[Trident 4609]

586 was taken off the 62 this morning about 11:30 (Due to a defect). An engineer brought 633 out of garage to the bus station to replace it in time for the 11:30 ex W'ton departureand drove 586 back to garage

[Nathan4775]

1434 - made its way back to WA on the back of. A Mansfield truck
4555 - was being tendered to by a service van

[Tony]

Not really a breakdown but today whilst waiting for the 10 in town, 4404 pulled up (trying) to let a passanger on. The driver couldn't open the doors automatically, so the boarding passengers intervened and pressed the emergency open button and when that failed the driver tried the emergency open button from the inside and when that also failed he used all his strenght trying to manually force the doors opened, and when that failed other passengers onboard had to intervene and help the driver force the doors open to let people on! It was the funniest thing I'd seen all day and I was in stitches for at least half an hour! When the doors finally opened the driver joked gordon bennett I thought I'd have to let you in through the back door! :P

Surely if the doors were malfunctioning like that, the bus should have been taken out of service?

My thoughts exactly. Malfunctioning passenger doors are a PG9 for PCV's I'm sure.

They probably did take it out of service after that journey, it was just leaving town and was probably going to go out of service after that journey anyway, so itd be easier to just let it do that journey then take it out of service for the reduced night time vr anyway. This was about 18:30.

4404 doesn't show on the system as being out in service at all on 2/2/14

[bususer12]

Not really a breakdown but today whilst waiting for the 10 in town, 4404 pulled up (trying) to let a passanger on. The driver couldn't open the doors automatically, so the boarding passengers intervened and pressed the emergency open button and when that failed the driver tried the emergency open button from the inside and when that also failed he used all his strenght trying to manually force the doors opened, and when that failed other passengers onboard had to intervene and help the driver force the doors open to let people on! It was the funniest thing I'd seen all day and I was in stitches for at least half an hour! When the doors finally opened the driver joked gordon bennett I thought I'd have to let you in through the back door! :P

Surely if the doors were malfunctioning like that, the bus should have been taken out of service?

My thoughts exactly. Malfunctioning passenger doors are a PG9 for PCV's I'm sure.

They probably did take it out of service after that journey, it was just leaving town and was probably going to go out of service after that journey anyway, so itd be easier to just let it do that journey then take it out of service for the reduced night time vr anyway. This was about 18:30.

4404 doesn't show on the system as being out in service at all on 2/2/14

Would have been the 1st, as she posted at 3am in the morning of the 2nd

[Nathan4775]

1434 1454 - made its way back to WA on the back of. A Mansfield truck
http://www.flickr.com/photos/90949252@N04/12437721095/
4555 - was being tendered to by a service van

[John]

A Walsall 473* Enviro400 broke down on Bull Street this afternoon. First time I drove past it, an engineer was under the bonnet, and on my next 33 trip, it was about to be towed back to garage

[Tony]

Not really a breakdown but today whilst waiting for the 10 in town, 4404 pulled up (trying) to let a passanger on. The driver couldn't open the doors automatically, so the boarding passengers intervened and pressed the emergency open button and when that failed the driver tried the emergency open button from the inside and when that also failed he used all his strenght trying to manually force the doors opened, and when that failed other passengers onboard had to intervene and help the driver force the doors open to let people on! It was the funniest thing I'd seen all day and I was in stitches for at least half an hour! When the doors finally opened the driver joked gordon bennett I thought I'd have to let you in through the back door! :P

Surely if the doors were malfunctioning like that, the bus should have been taken out of service?

My thoughts exactly. Malfunctioning passenger doors are a PG9 for PCV's I'm sure.

They probably did take it out of service after that journey, it was just leaving town and was probably going to go out of service after that journey anyway, so itd be easier to just let it do that journey then take it out of service for the reduced night time vr anyway. This was about 18:30.

4404 doesn't show on the system as being out in service at all on 2/2/14

Would have been the 1st, as she posted at 3am in the morning of the 2nd

On the 1st 4404 was on the 18 all day, so didn't have door problems on the 10

[P419 EJW]

Just saw my favourite B10L, P419 EJW, had the hazard lights flashing and it was broken down by the traffic lights near Darlaston Bus Station. It was serving 39, supposedly was heading to Walsall.

[old50niner]

4823, 33 branded, tuning into Wellhead Lane, from City, engineer driving and destination NIS at 1350hrs.

[nitromatt1]

4823, 33 branded, tuning into Wellhead Lane, from City, engineer driving and destination NIS at 1350hrs.

4823 is a Pensnett bus

[old50niner]

you're right Matt.   bloomin cataracts n old age, sorry  :o :o

[nitromatt1]

you're right Matt.   bloomin cataracts n old age, sorry  :o :o

No worries ;)

Is 4853 Pheasey-branded? Sounds about the right batch

[P419 EJW]

Hmm, close but no. 4843-4852 are 33 branded E400s, Matt. :)

[andy]

AG President sat at Erdington 6 ways stop on the 11A at 1500 today broken down, may have been 4073.

4477 abandoned half on the pavement outside Highclare School on the Sutton New Road in the Sutton direction at 1515.

[John]

AG President sat at Erdington 6 ways stop on the 11A at 1500 today broken down, may have been 4073.

4031 was been towed out of Perry Barr garage around 3 this afternoon as well