Bus Safety In SW London

By londonist_mark Last edited 224 months ago
Bus Safety In SW London
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Londonist was concerned to learn that two bus drivers working for Centra buses were suspended without pay on Wednesday of this week. The reason? For refusing to take buses out without working radios.

For those of you who don't know, bus radios connect to Centrecom where information about what's happening on the public transport system is fed back to the drivers. Information such as diversions, traffic problems, problems with other transport systems that might lead to an influx of passengers on to the buses etc. Information like explosions on the underground or indeed on buses themselves.

You might like to consider it as an essential aspect of driver and passenger safety.

Yesterday Centra drivers were apparently told that buses would have to have working radios. But only after 8pm. Which as you can imagine made them extremely happy, especially as the number of alerts, scares and concerns for a repeat attack grow with each day.

Centra, who operate a number of services around South and South West London (Croydon, Richmond, Tooting, Kingston, Purley and Mitcham, including routes 127, 152, 200 201, 493 and K5 – services formerly run by Mitcham Belle), have already come under fire for breaches of safety

whilst breaking strikes over pay and conditions.

Centra are owned by the American firm Central Parking Systems

Last Updated 15 July 2005