Bus Fire (Navan Rd)

Jamie2k9

https://twitter.com/funjicey/status/1088174159782400003

Anyone know which operator?

Stephen15

Judging by the livery it looks like it may be Eirebus/Swords Express. It's definitely a coach by the looks of things anyway and not a DB or GAI bus.

https://twitter.com/DubFireBrigade/status/1088189649691070464?s=19

ax586

Stephen15 wrote: »

Judging by the livery it looks like it may be Eirebus/Swords Express. It's definitely a coach by the looks of things anyway and not a DB or GAI bus.

https://twitter.com/DubFireBrigade/status/1088189649691070464?s=19

Was a swords express

TallGlass

I for one am shocked. Was expecting a completely different operator!

Victor

It's disturbing the number of buses / coaches that catch fire.

ongarboy

Victor wrote: »

It's disturbing the number of buses / coaches that catch fire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrollton_bus_collision

I remember this accident as I was in the US in 1988 and always think about it whenever I hear of a bus on fire. Reading the Evacuation Difficulties paragraph will send shivers down your spine!! :(:(

Thankfully no injuries from that bus fine on Navan Road!

GM228

Not a Dublin Coach for a change

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

GM228 wrote: »

Not a Dublin Coach for a change

Also not the first time swords express either !!!

TheQuietFella

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Also not the first time swords express either !!!

And then you have people screaming out for private operators to run the services! I'm sure that this could happen to any operator but broadly speaking,
events such as these don't appear to affect the likes of Dublin Bus or Bus Eireann with the same regularity as other operators!


Well done anyway to both service operators!

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

TheQuietFella wrote: »

And then you have people screaming out for private operators to run the services! I'm sure that this could happen to any operator but broadly speaking,
events such as these don't appear to affect the likes of Dublin Bus or Bus Eireann with the same regularity as other operators!


Well done anyway to both service operators!

Ah come off it will ya

Wasn't too long ago a Dublin bus going across and Dublin city centre bridge lost a wheel going around a corner.

Or an SP caught fire and burnt to a crisp

Or the VE recently that's currently getting rebuilt in Spain because it caught fire somewhere around Mayo and did a lot of damage (I even saw this myself afterwards and it was scary)

These things can happen regardless of operator

devnull

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

GM228 wrote: »

Not a Dublin Coach for a change

Also not the first time swords express either !!!

Can't remember seeing another one on fire.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

devnull wrote: »

Can't remember seeing another one on fire.

There's more actually , one closed the tunnel too and had to be pulled by a truck out.

Because it was driving into the depot when it happened.

Pics here btw....

Driver was smart enough to drive into the depot next to the building and other buses.......

Stephen15

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

Ah come off it will ya

Wasn't too long ago a Dublin bus going across and Dublin city centre bridge lost a wheel going around a corner.

Or an SP caught fire and burnt to a crisp

Or the VE recently that's currently getting rebuilt in Spain because it caught fire somewhere around Mayo and did a lot of damage (I even saw this myself afterwards and it was scary)

These things can happen regardless of operator

Don't forget the AV that went on fire in Harold's Cross a couple of years. Luckily there it was out of service when it happened. I understand these incidents can happen to any operators but when it comes to one particular operator who like to paint their buses a bright shade of green I think questions have to be asked considering how badly they maintain their vehicles as many would be aware.

Hurrache

Another Swords Express bites the dust


https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/newsireland/several-dublin-school-children-rushed-to-hospital-after-their-bus-crashes-into-a-bridge-in-mulhuddart/ar-BBSTQ6X?ocid=st

thomasj

Hurrache wrote: »

Another Swords Express bites the dust


https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/newsireland/several-dublin-school-children-rushed-to-hospital-after-their-bus-crashes-into-a-bridge-in-mulhuddart/ar-BBSTQ6X?ocid=st

That's bad. I know the bridge in question , I go under it enough times and how a bus driver thought he could fit under that is beyond me. Moreso given the swords express company is based not far from there .

Stephen15

Running a school bus aswell. 10 kids were taken taken to hospital as a result.

Hurrache

thomasj wrote: »

That's bad. I know the bridge in question , I go under it enough times and how a bus driver thought he could fit under that is beyond me. Moreso given the swords express company is based not far from there .

Yip, I know it well myself, and was behind 2 Swords express buses not too far from there on their way back to their depot only this afternoon.

schemingbohemia

I'd love to know how often people get charged with careless driving in situations like this and where lorries have toppled over on the M50 off-ramps, or have hit level-crossing barriers. Never seem to hear of any court cases afterwards.