Bridge Bash on 10 route??
 

Earlier on there was a bus being toed on the M25 with a very broken
upper front. Looked like a bridge bash victim.

Bus was showing blinds - route 10 to Euston. Where and when did it get
damaged?

Bridge Bash on 10 route??
 

Bonzo wrote:
Earlier on there was a bus being toed on the M25 with a very broken
upper front. Looked like a bridge bash victim.

Bus was showing blinds - route 10 to Euston. Where and when did it get
damaged?

That would be extremely odd - route 10 runs between Hammersmith and
King's Cross, and doesn't pass underneath any bridges on the way.

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

Bridge Bash on 10 route??
 

Earlier on there was a bus being [towed] on the M25 with a very broken
upper front. ... showing blinds - route 10 to Euston. ...

That would be extremely odd - route 10 runs between Hammersmith and
King's Cross, and doesn't pass underneath any bridges on the way.

When an airliner crashes but isn't totally destroyed, the airline
often tries to paint over their logos before they get shown all over
the news media. Perhaps the driver of this bus felt that he had to
similarly protect his route's reputation, and changed the sign!

(Just kidding... I think...)
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "It is one thing to praise discipline, and another
| to submit to it." -- Miguel de Cervantes, 1613

My text in this article is in the public domain.

Bridge Bash on 10 route??
 

Could be taken to a third party repairer. I remember seeing a batch of
Citaro's for the 25 in a rally of around 4 on the M25 section.

Saw a couple of Stagecoach Tridents from T heading back up the A3 I believe
there is some sort of facility down that neck of the woods.


"Bonzo" wrote in message
...
Earlier on there was a bus being toed on the M25 with a very broken
upper front. Looked like a bridge bash victim.

Bus was showing blinds - route 10 to Euston. Where and when did it get
damaged?

Bridge Bash on 10 route??
 

On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 20:58:23 +0100, Dave Arquati
wrote:


That would be extremely odd - route 10 runs between Hammersmith and
King's Cross, and doesn't pass underneath any bridges on the way.

Yes, but if there were such a bridge on the route wouldn't someone
have noticed that every journey was getting bashed?

Bridge Bash on 10 route??
 

Bonzo wrote:
On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 20:58:23 +0100, Dave Arquati
wrote:


That would be extremely odd - route 10 runs between Hammersmith and
King's Cross, and doesn't pass underneath any bridges on the way.


Yes, but if there were such a bridge on the route wouldn't someone
have noticed that every journey was getting bashed?

Good point. That makes it even more odd!

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London

Bridge Bash on 10 route??
 

Dave Arquati wrote:
Bonzo wrote:
On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 20:58:23 +0100, Dave Arquati
wrote:


That would be extremely odd - route 10 runs between Hammersmith
and King's Cross, and doesn't pass underneath any bridges on the
way.


Yes, but if there were such a bridge on the route wouldn't someone
have noticed that every journey was getting bashed?

Good point. That makes it even more odd!

There's an overhanging roof at the northern end of Hammersmith bus
station. It carries warning signs, and buses pass quite near it as they
go past stop A. I'm not sure what route the number 10 takes around the
bus station, I wonder if that might possibly have caused the damage. If
so, it would be the offside that would have got hit worst.

(Map of the bus station at
http://www.berryscoaches.co.uk/hammersmithmaps.htm )
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

Bridge Bash on 10 route??
 

On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 15:43:59 +0100, Bonzo wrote:

Earlier on there was a bus being toed on the M25 with a very broken
upper front. Looked like a bridge bash victim.

Bus was showing blinds - route 10 to Euston. Where and when did it get
damaged?

This is complete supposition but there was a bridge bash near Ladbroke
Grove a few weeks ago. It caused delays to the H&C Tube line - this is
how I heard about it.

A bus was being towed back to its garage and got caught underneath the
bridge as the tow truck driver wrongly estimated the height of the
(raised up) double deck bus. There was a suggestion that the vehicle was
a First LFDD on its way back to Westbourne Park garage. The 10 runs from
Westbourne Park. As I say - a complete guess on my part.
--
Paul C


Admits to working for London Underground!

Bridge Bash on 10 route??
 

There's an overhanging roof at the northern end of Hammersmith bus
station. It carries warning signs, and buses pass quite near it as
they
go past stop A. I'm not sure what route the number 10 takes around
the
bus station, I wonder if that might possibly have caused the damage.
If
so, it would be the offside that would have got hit worst.

IIRC, the buses go around anticlockwise at Hammersmith. The 9 and 10
routes enter from the South, and drop passengers at F, then they
usually park up against the wall opposite stops F and G, which often
involves a full lap of the station. They then pick up at stop H and
exit from the Northern exit. The overhang is opposite stop A IIRC, so
the bus would have been empty if it hit there. The other possibility is
that it was diverted onto an unfamiliar route and the driver missed a
turn somewhere.

Bridge Bash on 10 route??
 

In message , Paul Corfield
writes

A bus was being towed back to its garage and got caught underneath the
bridge as the tow truck driver wrongly estimated the height of the
(raised up) double deck bus. There was a suggestion that the vehicle was
a First LFDD on its way back to Westbourne Park garage. The 10 runs from
Westbourne Park. As I say - a complete guess on my part.

Another guess is that it might have hit an overhanging tree branch that
was lower than usual. I've seen roadside notices along some bus routes
warning drivers of low branches.

--
congokid
Good restaurants in London? Number one on Google
http://congokid.com

Bridge Bash on 10 route??
 

congokid wrote to uk.transport.london on Sat, 9 Apr 2005:

Another guess is that it might have hit an overhanging tree branch that
was lower than usual. I've seen roadside notices along some bus routes
warning drivers of low branches.

My daughter, as a schoolgirl, used to comment on the "Bus-shaped trees"
in King's Avenue!
--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 3 April 2005

Bridge Bash on 10 route??
 

On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 15:37:00 +0100, Mrs Redboots
wrote:

congokid wrote to uk.transport.london on Sat, 9 Apr 2005:

Another guess is that it might have hit an overhanging tree branch that
was lower than usual. I've seen roadside notices along some bus routes
warning drivers of low branches.

My daughter, as a schoolgirl, used to comment on the "Bus-shaped trees"
in King's Avenue!

Time was when the bus companies lopped the trees along their routes:-)

A good use for time-expired double-deckers.
--
Terry Harper
Website Coordinator, The Omnibus Society
http://www.omnibussoc.org

Bridge Bash on 10 route??
 

Terry Harper wrote:
On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 15:37:00 +0100, Mrs Redboots
wrote:

congokid wrote to uk.transport.london on Sat, 9 Apr 2005:

Another guess is that it might have hit an overhanging tree
branch that was lower than usual. I've seen roadside notices
along some bus routes warning drivers of low branches.

My daughter, as a schoolgirl, used to comment on the "Bus-shaped
trees" in King's Avenue!

Time was when the bus companies lopped the trees along their
routes:-)

A good use for time-expired double-deckers.

True, but most of the ones I've seen with warning signs have the main
trunk leaning into the road. The only cure for that is to remove the
tree and plant another one. Indeed I'm surprised that that action
hasn't been taken. After TA3 had its roof sliced off on Millbank in
December 2002*, the signs started appearing, and I thought they were
just a temporary measure, but more than two years later they're still
there and so are the trees.

* http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2537989.stm

--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

Bridge Bash on 10 route??
 

In article ,
(Richard J.) wrote:

Terry Harper wrote:
On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 15:37:00 +0100, Mrs Redboots
wrote:

congokid wrote to uk.transport.london on Sat, 9 Apr 2005:

Another guess is that it might have hit an overhanging tree
branch that was lower than usual. I've seen roadside notices
along some bus routes warning drivers of low branches.

My daughter, as a schoolgirl, used to comment on the "Bus-shaped
trees" in King's Avenue!

Time was when the bus companies lopped the trees along their
routes:-)

A good use for time-expired double-deckers.

True, but most of the ones I've seen with warning signs have the main
trunk leaning into the road. The only cure for that is to remove the
tree and plant another one. Indeed I'm surprised that that action
hasn't been taken. After TA3 had its roof sliced off on Millbank in
December 2002*, the signs started appearing, and I thought they were
just a temporary measure, but more than two years later they're still
there and so are the trees.

* http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2537989.stm

Not the one in Millbank. It got removed at the time with extreme
prejudice. Rather unfair, I thought then.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Bridge Bash on 10 route??
 

Richard J. ) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

After TA3 had its roof sliced off on Millbank in December 2002*

* http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2537989.stm

Do we presume that bus was sold on to one of the sight-seeing companies as
an open-topper?

Bridge Bash on 10 route??
 

Adrian wrote:
Richard J. ) gurgled happily, sounding much
like
they were saying :

After TA3 had its roof sliced off on Millbank in December 2002*

* http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2537989.stm

Do we presume that bus was sold on to one of the sight-seeing
companies as
an open-topper?


I'm pretty sure TA3 is still in service and that I've been on it
recently. Given C*nnex's standards of maintenance on their erstwhile
bus fleet, I'm surprised they bothered to reattach the roof at all...