(19 Nov 2013, 1:49 pm)GuyParkRoyal wrote 4901 broke down opposite The Lambton Arms in Chester le Street this morning, GNE staff were directing traffic due to 4901 blocking one side of the bollarded area. Engineers were unable to repair 4901 at the roadside so a recovery truck was called out. Once the recovery truck arrived buses were unable to pass in either direction so buses had to be diverted via Ropery Lane, Park Road and Picktree Lane. 4901 was uplifted and taken away at 13.15 and traffic has is now back to normal on Front Street.
I will upload a photo when I get access to a PC this afternoon.
GNE Facebook page said 'due to an incident' then changed to 'broken down vehicle'
Several people commented that it was one of the GNE fleet and comments were swiftly deleted
13 year old buses breaking down and causing chaos obviously doesn't fit in with the '100 new buses for our centenary year' social media buzz!
