Traveling on a bus/coach during a breaking news event

[Martin1988]

Have you ever been in the middle of a bus journey when a particularly significant news event has occurred?

Back in February I was on the 680 route between Filton and Yate and watching a Brexit related Commons Vote on my mobile-which Theresa May got defeated on!

I was also on a National Express journey between Leeds and Birmingham when it was announced the BBC were going to stop showing Neighbours and on a journey between London and Bristol when the news broke about Michael Jackson's death.

 

[Samuel88]

We must really be running out of ideas for new threads for someone to think this up...

 

[Bletchleyite]

We must really be running out of ideas for new threads for someone to think this up...

We could always have a debate on Class 800 seating?

 

[TheGrandWazoo]

We must really be running out of ideas for new threads for someone to think this up...

Best described as “esoteric”

 

[robk23oxf]

I was driving a bus when a passenger told me 'Princess Leia' had died.

 

[6Gman]

Perhaps loco-hauled 442s could be used when breaking news emerges ... ?

 

[Deerfold]

I was returning from a wedding in Scotland and was on a bus between Huddersfield and Halifax when I overheard a girl looking at her phone and talking loudly to her friend:

"Apparently someone's flown a plane into the World Trade Centre"
"And Darren wants to sleep with me".

 

[Deerfold]

I was driving a bus when a passenger told me 'Princess Leia' had died.

*SPOILERS*

 

[robk23oxf]

*SPOILERS*

She was referring to Carrie Fisher.

 

[CM]

This is a topic regarding buses/coaches so I fail to see where trains come into it?

 

[BVW]

I was running empty from depot to bus station when the news broke that the Princess of Wales had died.

 

[Mag_seven]

a particularly significant news event

it was announced the BBC were going to stop showing Neighbours

Pardon?

 

[Robertj21a]

I keep expecting someone to suggest that it just has to still be April 1st .......

Is there anything much more weird that we can usefully discuss or is it just me.

 

[Tetchytyke]

Best described as “esoteric”

You can't say it's not original though!

I've been on a bus during a breaking wind event. Does that count?

 

[carlberry]

You can't say it's not original though!

I've been on a bus during a breaking wind event. Does that count?

I quite often have those when I'm driving. My passengers often have worse!

 

[mikeg]

Was on the bus back from Stafford beer festival to Newcastle under Lyme when Michael Jackson died.
On the shuttle bus from Leeds festival to York station in 2006 the first piece of news I heard was that Pluto is no longer a planet. For some reason that sticks with me.

 

[Busaholic]

'Breaking news' was not an understood concept then, but during IRA bombings in London in the 1970s I was on a 73 bus in Oxford Street that was ordered to stop and turn its engine off. I believe it was still there an hour or so later when a very unfortunate bomb disposal man lost his life attempting to defuse the bomb left in a Wimpy Bar. The driver remained with his bus during the whole incident, I believe. Sorry to de-trivialise, but sometimes ...

 

[3141]

Have you ever been in the middle of a bus journey when a particularly significant news event has occurred?

Back in February I was on the 680 route between Filton and Yate and watching a Brexit related Commons Vote on my mobile-which Theresa May got defeated on!

I was also on a National Express journey between Leeds and Birmingham when it was announced the BBC were going to stop showing Neighbours and on a journey between London and Bristol when the news broke about Michael Jackson's death.

Well, you've been on one journey when a significant news event occurred. The other two examples are off-topic.

 

[Stan Drews]

Back in February I was on the 680 route between Filton and Yate and watching a Brexit related Commons Vote on my mobile-which Theresa May got defeated on!

Jings! I’m not sure I could remember where I’ve been, or what I’ve been doing every time that has happened!

 

[MrTurbostar170]

I was driving a bus when a passenger told me 'Princess Leia' had died.

This morning I had something very similar while on a megabus when I found out that Peter Mayhew who played Chewbacca has died.

 

[Martin1988]

Jings! I’m not sure I could remember where I’ve been, or what I’ve been doing every time that has happened!

For the record I was in Wetherspoons the second time her deal was rejected, in the staff break out area at work the third time and in Ikea when MPs voted to reject leaving without a deal!

Also remember catching the bus home around 2230 on June 8th 2017 after the general election had finished and the exit polls had announced Theresa May had lost her majority. A few drivers and a couple of passengers were chatting about it in Bristol Bus Station when I arrived and all seemed really cheerful about it.

 

[AM9]

I was on a bus between Chichester and Selsey when the death of Jimi Hendrix was announced.