Repairing a broken down bus is not easy, any more than towing a bus is. However, there are ways you can fix a bus to get it going again that are much safer than most, especially when you have a bus full of passengers, and the bus is hundreds of miles away from any one location and repair shop that fixes buses. Here are some ideas, tips, and approaches for making this the safest way to repair a bus where you break down and still manage to get your passengers to their destination. 

Call Your Bus Company

The last depot where you stopped is likely to be the one that dispatches a new bus to your location or arranges some other means to keep passengers safe while the bus is being repaired. If not the last station, then the station where you first left, be it a few hours ago or a few days ago. Regardless of the arrangements that the busing company makes, it may be as little as an hour or as long as six hours before a new bus can arrive. If the weather outside is freezing cold or boiling hot, do what you can to keep the passengers comfortable while everyone waits for help. 

Get the Okay to Call a Mobile Bus Mechanic/Repair Company

If there is a mobile bus mechanic service in the area, ask your supervisors and/or the bus company if you can call this repair service. If your bosses/bus company okays it, you can get the bus repaired by the time the other bus would arrive to pick up passengers. At the very least, the mobile bus repair technician would be able to diagnose the problem with your bus and tell you what needs to be done.

Then you would know how long of a delay to expect, and you could inform the passengers of their options if the delay is going to be several more hours. If the repairs will not be complete before a replacement bus arrives, the passengers can choose to stay the extra time on your bus or get on the replacement bus to make a connecting bus ride at the next depot. In the meantime, the bus mechanic can fix the bus's engine problem or tire problem so long as you have it pulled off onto a flat, even shoulder of the road with no steep embankment to one side.