3 stagecoach buses written off

[45104]

overnight a fire at paignton bus station resulted in 3 buses being destroyed. dont know ant more details, sorry.

 

[mbonwick]

16044, 16775 and 47106(?) the vehicles involved. SC lucky that it was Olympians destroyed and not something newer.

 

[Dennis]

16044, 16775 and 47106(?) the vehicles involved. SC lucky that it was Olympians destroyed and not something newer.

Bus veg upset that something newer was not destroyed

 

[MCW]

Not Olympians!!!

Weird how three went up.... however I don;t want to cause speculation.

 

[BestWestern]

Bus veg upset that something newer was not destroyed

Bus veg p*ssed off that certain operators continue to park thier buses where people can set fire to them

 

[Skimble19]

Same thing happened with the "depot" at Biggleswade a few years back - someone threw a cigarette out of their car on the A1 above and somehow a few buses exploded as a result..

 

[Temple Meads]

It's 16064 that's been burnt, not 16044

Always had a soft spot for 16064, here's a photo I took of it in happier times at Tiverton Bus Station:

[/url] R164 VPU (16064) at Tiverton Bus Stn by Temple Meads, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[CC 72100]

It's 16064 that's been burnt, not 16044

Always had a soft spot for 16064, here's a photo I took of it in happier times at Tiverton Bus Station:

We've got a sister bus here in the Forest R18x VPU, often turns up on the 24. Are they ex-london (or other major city) by any chance, that have got dispersed throughout the country?

 

[mbonwick]

Yes.
P-SEV, R-VPU, R-HHK, R-EVX are just some of the registration batches that I can think of that have come out of London.

 

[WatcherZero]

Same thing happened with the "depot" at Biggleswade a few years back - someone threw a cigarette out of their car on the A1 above and somehow a few buses exploded as a result..

Fuel and engine oil allowed to build up on the ground? You could light the fumes of some bus sheds ive seen.