PASSENGERS on board a translink bus have escaped injury after the vehicle burst into flames just south of the Houghton Highway Bridge at Brighton.
The 27 passengers on board, including school students, got off the bus safely when the fire broke out in the engine compartment just after 8am.
The driver pulled over and evacuated the 47-seater bus when he noticed smoke coming from the vehicle.
Queensland Fire and Rescue Service senior operations coordinator Barry Pearce said the fire itself was relatively small and quickly extinguished.
"We had one crew there and a man in breathing apparatus, just making the scene safe," he said.
Emergency crews remain at the scene and two southbound lanes of the Deagon Deviation are closed before the Holmes Street overpass.
A Translink spokesman said all of those on board were transferred to another bus and continued on with their journey.
The Courier Mail
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
South East Busway Extention
Planning is underway to extend the South East Busway to Springwood.
Details can be viewed at Translink's Website.
Details can be viewed at Translink's Website.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Public Transport Fares Rise
Just a reminder that Translink fares have risen today and new Go discount have come into effect too, which has been mentioned in an earlier post.
To view the new fares Click Here
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To view the new fares Click Here
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Bligh pressures Translink to deal with stranded children issue
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says the public transport authority, Translink, should use its legislative powers to ensure bus companies are meeting their contract requirements.
Parents on the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane's bayside have complained that bus drivers failed to pick up children waiting at school bus stops.
Ms Bligh says children should never be left behind.
She said she met the new board of Translink yesterday and told them customer service had to be a priority.
"We contract private buses out in places like Ormiston where there isn't a public bus company and I expect them to live up to their contracts," she said.
"If they're not, we've given them the legislative teeth and the grunt to make sure that we can use those contracts to enforce the appropriate behaviours.
"Children should never be left behind at bus stops waiting on dedicated school routes that we're subsidising."
I actually met with the new board of the new Translink authority yesterday, [I] said to them that one of my key priorities was for Translink to have a much much better customer focus."
ABC Online
Parents on the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane's bayside have complained that bus drivers failed to pick up children waiting at school bus stops.
Ms Bligh says children should never be left behind.
She said she met the new board of Translink yesterday and told them customer service had to be a priority.
"We contract private buses out in places like Ormiston where there isn't a public bus company and I expect them to live up to their contracts," she said.
"If they're not, we've given them the legislative teeth and the grunt to make sure that we can use those contracts to enforce the appropriate behaviours.
"Children should never be left behind at bus stops waiting on dedicated school routes that we're subsidising."
I actually met with the new board of the new Translink authority yesterday, [I] said to them that one of my key priorities was for Translink to have a much much better customer focus."
ABC Online
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