Oh that has an extension pending to Cambourne, sad thing though the busway runs past the main Cambridge Station it was not found possible to connect the bit from St.Ives to it, thus those busses run through thenchaotic traffic that is Cambridge giving little benefit to the bus rider. Changes in services since introduction have led to many getting back in their cars.
But....by the time it's gone through the planning stage, draft reports, risk assessments, financial costings, engineers reports on where Cambridge and St. Neots actually are, the environmental reports, the environmental impact reports and the construction companies reports and tenders, the construction of a couple massive costly stations and a couple of pillars, I see an awful lot of business cases! And of course, after all that business case making, and when Cambridge and St Neots are actually the same place, there's more chances of making business cases on wrapping up the whole idea, and claims for compensation, and the decision that it was all a silly idea to start with! And there's a even bigger business case to reconstruct the University Line, which will definitely make a few millionaires from the meetngs about cutting costs!
Yes a new Busway approved from Cambourne, Bourn, Coton (where an historic orchard will be ripped up) and into West Cambridge.
Think Busway was approved in the last week or two, but not to St.Neots neither will East West Rail despite St.Neots growing at twice the rate and to twice the size of Cambourne.
Hmm, still waiting for E/W rail to start starting and stopping at Winslow near me. More to the point provide the funding to complete the trackage that will link it by a provisioned for chord to the remnants of the GCR, alongside HS2 to Aylesbury. That will allow much needed Bletchley - via Aylesbury - Marylebone direct link services and create a whole bunch of useful avoiding routes. It's much like the "new build" chord at Bicester, that allows trains to run, on E/W, directly from Oxford - via Bicester Village (business case
) - Marylebone.
Not now it won't, you let slip that it's convenient, and that would never do!
Don’t hold your breath on Aylesbury to MK Sevices as also to me it seams a bit of a no brainier, sadly the finance bods demand full cost benefit analysis not allowing any true benefits like keeping traffic off the roads and environmental benefits much strength in their ruminations. Intitaiily Aylesbury to MK was to be part of the East West playbook, but sadly got either cancelled or delayed likely by decades.Hmm, still waiting for E/W rail to start starting and stopping at Winslow near me. More to the point provide the funding to complete the trackage that will link it by a provisioned for chord to the remnants of the GCR, alongside HS2 to Aylesbury. That will allow much needed Bletchley - via Aylesbury - Marylebone direct link services and create a whole bunch of useful avoiding routes. It's much like the "new build" chord at Bicester, that allows trains to run, on E/W, directly from Oxford - via Bicester Village (business case
My only interest here is it would much simplify a journey either for my old mate in Harrow on the Hill to me - presently from there double back to Marylebone then to Bicester North. Or, for me to leave my car at home when visiting him or popping into London. The cost of parking at the station and off peak travel ticket for the day, c£30, does not stack up with 130 miles of fuel at 50 mpg, c £19. My friend has free parking at the flats he lives in and my car is ULEZ compliant. Then hop on the UndergrounD for days out in London. I and my friend are a bit of an outlier case I will admit
So, it's a guided trolley bus with its power supplied by a conduit and single overhead wire rather than 2. The worst of every world.
Daft idea first trialed in Belgium but got nowhere with a buyer there, a French City somewhere had a system but it got ripped out in the last few years, think it is a conventional tram there now. Apparently 2 different types, this link explains all.This morning I was in Venice ( yeh, I know, swanky). On the bus trip to the airport, I noticed a single rail down the middle of the road and overhead wires.
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That's odd, I thought.
When I got home (just now) I looked it up. Its a rubber tyred tramway system
Trams in Mestre - Wikipedia
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I didn't see any of the tramcars but it looks like I may have to take a trip back to Venice to check it out (do I really need an excuse?)
Now would this qualify as a monorail?
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French city was Caen....Daft idea first trialed in Belgium but got nowhere with a buyer there, a French City somewhere had a system but it got ripped out in the last few years, think it is a conventional tram there now. Apparently 2 different types, this link explains all.
Rubber-tyred tram - Wikipedia
................. then they'll have to have a chat with M. Lartigue - imagine that in yer city centre
An even dafter idea, the points (turntables) must have taxed the mind of operators till they got to understand the geometry if them.................. then they'll have to have a chat with M. Lartigue - imagine that in yer city centre
A system much copied by Engineering Societies who run elevated track, and where you dangle your legs over the side
