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Bluestar Bus, Eastleigh
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Bluestar Bus, Eastleigh
This incident is all over the news. An Enviro 400 left the road and ended up in a river. It was operating a 607 service to Barton Peveril College. Five people (four students and the driver) are currently in hospital and said to be in a serious, but not life-threatening injuries. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2k1gy4w38nt |
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RE: Bluestar Bus, Eastleigh
Blue Star are a subsidiary of Go Ahead's South Coast operation. The vehicle was formerly National Express West Midlands 4819, and is one of a batch of six that were acquired for schools work in January this year. I do sometimes wonder about the wisdom of using 16 year old vehicles on work of this nature - the practice is specifically prohibited in many places. |
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RE: Bluestar Bus, Eastleigh
Operators buying old deckers for school routes is something that's been happening for a very long time. It's not uncommon for coach hire companies to buy some deckers no-one still wants for regular service work, for their school contracts. For example, the 58 and 59 reg vehicles in the Aintree Coachline fleet. It is strange if they were to send a coach without seatbelts, then it's not legally allowed to carry the schoolchildren. However, any bus of any age is legally allowed to operate the same route - even if the route involves going on a dual carriageway with a 60mph limit. |
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