Bus Shelter Protection Scheme

Saturday.

If you want to protect your bus shelter from vandals - put it behind five foot high spiked railings.

Mind you - it prevents passengers from using it when they are waiting for a bus.

But this is exactly what happened in Amblecote near Dudley in the UK.

Four months ago the Local bus company, Centro, erected the bus shelter inside the railings on grass belonging to Corbett Hospital in Vicarage Road, Amblecote.

Centro say that the hospital agreed to remove the railings and Corbett Hospital say they are looking into the problem.

Meanwhile local people and visitors to the hospital stand in the wind and rain, two feet from the shelter but unable to use it. Alternatively they can use the shelter but can't get on the bus.

Nice work Centro. Haven't you got anyone with a hacksaw?

I note that part of the roof has gone missing - even though the shelter is behind the railings!