Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
#1
Yes a D/deckbus is going nowhere after trying to go under the low bridge at River.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
#2
Would that be the Kearsney Railway Bridge?If so people will be waiting at Lewisham Road waiting .
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#3
kearsney railway bridge in alkham valley road.
Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
- Posts: 1,039
#4
Hard to understand how this could have happened.
Its not like it is a surprise that double deckers are too high for this bridge. No doubt disrupting the whole of the Dover-Victoria railway line for at least the whole of today, too.
Guest 782- Registered: 4 Oct 2012
- Posts: 357
#5
At least there are 4 other routes in and out of River. We won't have to send in supplies!
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
#6
Love your humour Simon.Maybe we will have to bring in the Emegency Plan River Parish Council are looking at.Vics Summer House already for HQ,I will man the old telephone system cocoa tins .
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#7
Kearsney and the bridge on Coombe Valley Road are often hit so do the height measurements get corrected after road resurfacing or are drivers simply not aware of their vehicles height.
Another alternative could be sat navs sending them that way so maybe the drivers just continue on regardless thinking it will be ok. Marking the road surface in some way might possibly help as the low bridge signs seem to be ignored or missed.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#8
the height of a bus is on the dashboard so there is no reason for this to happen, i thought they only used single deckers on this route anyway.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
#9
Yes we have Double decker buses on the 15B but they go via Lower Road Temple Ewell The school buses are also double deckers .The 60a single decker they go via Kearsney .
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
- Posts: 6,950
#10
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
#11
was told by buss driver today that the buss was running empty and went of route,the driver was in shock and suspended while an enquiry presues to find out what went wrong,the buss driver has been working for the buss company for 15 years.sorry didnt get a name for the driver.
Guest 667- Registered: 6 Apr 2008
- Posts: 919
#12
There are systems in place at Stagecoach to stop this happening but you can not account for human error, so have some heart for the driver it could well cost him his job. After all we all make mistakes at times and thankfully no one was hurt as the bus was out of service which is a possibility as to why the driver mistakenly went off route.
