AN unscheduled stop was made by a double decker bus when it got wedged under Haslemere Railway Bridge in Lower Street, on Monday morning.

The left upper deck window was smashed and part of the upper left side was torn off when Stagecoach service No. 18, from Haslemere to Aldershot, hit the bridge and got stuck.

Fortunately no one on the bus was injured as a result.

Officers were called to the scene at around 9.20am following reports that the bus had collided with the bridge,

Engineers at Network Rail were made aware of the crash and checked for any structural damage.

Police directed the queues of traffic that built up from both directions as the stranded bus (picture below) reduced the road to one way, and it was moved out of the way at 10.45am.

A Stagecoach spokesman said: “There were no passengers travelling on the top deck of the bus and no injuries were sustained. Safety is our absolute priority and we will continue to liaise with the police as part of the investigation into the incident.”