Probably the only time I will be able to post about an American bus breakdown...
As was posted earlier to the Megabus group… never mind, I am sure either the Brighton or the Brum service had a break down on the first day, and the police put the passengers on NatEx...
Stagecoach held up by key factor - someone forgot the diesel
From James Doran in New York
From James Doran in New York
THE latest attempt by Stagecoach to break into the American market ground to a halt as staff on the company's new Chicago-Cleveland cut-price bus route forgot a vital ingredient – the diesel. The British company launched its Megabus no-frills bus line in Chicago on Monday. The 55 passengers arrived at their destination on time, unlike the customers who took the return leg on the same bus.
The Megabus had not travelled much of the 342-mile trip back to Chicago when it began to struggle. At first the passengers cared not a jot — after all they had such luxuries as reclining cloth seats, televisions and reading lights to distract them from their impending peril. Moments later, however, the bus was stuck on the side of the road, motionless and without fuel.
Dale Moser, president and chief executive officer of Stagecoach’s American arm, apologised profusely to the angry travellers and at first blamed the poor "refuelling agent" at Cleveland. However, after careful investigation Mr Moser discovered that the fuel gauge on the Chicago bus was stuck. "We were concerned because these buses have ample fuel-tank capacity to cover both legs of this journey," Mr Moser told The Times. "But then we discovered the faulty gauge, which has now been fixed. It was very inconvenient for our customers but just typical that something like this would happen on our first trip."
Dale Moser, president and chief executive officer of Stagecoach’s American arm, apologised profusely to the angry travellers and at first blamed the poor "refuelling agent" at Cleveland. However, after careful investigation Mr Moser discovered that the fuel gauge on the Chicago bus was stuck. "We were concerned because these buses have ample fuel-tank capacity to cover both legs of this journey," Mr Moser told The Times. "But then we discovered the faulty gauge, which has now been fixed. It was very inconvenient for our customers but just typical that something like this would happen on our first trip."
posted by Suzy Scott @ 21:18
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