Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Cambridgeshire Guided Busway" in English language version.
Cambridgeshire County Council has been told rainwater pouring off the raised section of track on the viaduct could damage the structure and lead to it crumbling
…on the guided busway, which was treated using the "guided gritter". The adjacent bridleway was also treated using the "Multihog" sprayer/snowplough.
companies have guaranteed a service for the Guided Busway for five years. They signed up to that in 2006. ... a guaranteed service from 7am to 7pm ... bus companies will pay the access charge ... They won't pay an access charge outside of the 7am to 7pm times
Funded by Innovate UK, the £250,000 project … feasibility of running 10-seater shuttles along the route. … If successful, the buses will run between Trumpington Park and Ride and Cambridge Station after 20:00.
has been talking to four bus firms ... Stagecoach, Whippet, Cavalier (Huntingdon and District)
developed 17 smart card-enabled, cash and cashless ticketing machines for use on the 25 kilometre route ... will be the first off-bus self-service ticketing terminals offering ITSO .. in the UK
features a green roof, ground source heating, solar panels and is constructed using a hemp and lime system which insulates and is carbon negative
Andy Campbell … said: "We don't specifically tell our drivers not to run over the wildlife but ask them to drive to the conditions as they would on a normal road."
… petition with more than 230 signatures calling for improved lighting alongside the guided busway bridleway south of Cambridge station.
director of Stagecoach, said: 'We have invested £3 million in specially adapted buses for the route...' .. Peter Lee, boss of Whippet, said 'We have bought three new buses at a cost of £140,000 each'
drilling of boreholes to check the stability of the track foundations had begun on Monday ... calculations confirmed some gaps between concrete were not wide enough to allow for expansion
…on the guided busway, which was treated using the "guided gritter". The adjacent bridleway was also treated using the "Multihog" sprayer/snowplough.
This message, complete with its about-face 'N', is painted at the entrance to the route in Milton Road, Cambridge.
it will now be late November before the buses are running.
demand was made by Cllr Mike Mason [who] told the News ... 'The motion seeks clarity and honesty from the county council. ... about misinformation and unknown rising costs, ...'
£1.3 million over the original budget
the authority is borrowing borrowing [sic] £41 million during the current financial year and £10.2 million next year ... to pay £161 million to BAM Nuttall for the project, but will then claw back around £40 million of the overrun costs
the campaign called for £4 million annually to be pumped into better bus services, and for a new park and ride site serving the guided busway to be built at Brampton racecourse.
contract does give the County Council the opportunity to impose financial penalties for delays in delivery.[dead link]
Cambridgeshire County Council has been told rainwater pouring off the raised section of track on the viaduct could damage the structure and lead to it crumbling
Forecasts for the Busway suggested that it would carry 1.75 million passengers in its first year, with demand increasing to 2.625 million in year 2 and 3.5 million in year 3. So passenger numbers at 2.5 million in year 1 is around 40% above that forecast. Our survey findings suggest that in the overall Busway corridor, bus use is up by around 33%.[permanent dead link]
single busway … through the Trumpington Cutting … Single decker buses only … on the southern section.
it is anticipated that initially there will be about 6 services per hour at peak times building up to 20 per hour by 2016
When the bus is on the track you must purchase your ticket before you board
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)disused viaduct, which spanned the River Ouse near St Ives, has been removed ... the two spans, which weighed over 100 tonnes each and were made from wrought iron.
new 220-metre viaduct over the River Great Ouse ... Special maintenance free steel has also been used
Through services beyond Huntingdon to Hinchingbrooke Hospital: Abandoned
tolerances are .. +/-1mm ... 50,000t of concrete .. 7,000 beams .. 15m-long 'L'-shaped .. 350mm-thick slab and 180mm-high upstand
council... liable for no more than £5m of any costs above the target price.
{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)the original April 2009 opening of the busyway [sic] has slipped to November[permanent dead link]
majority of the money for the guided bus project (£92.5m) was provided by Government and the remainder by developers who are building in the area.[permanent dead link]
Nuttalls has a target price of around £88million ... engineering work .. estimated at £120million, ... could rise to nearer £140million[permanent dead link]
a 25.1 km guided busway ... 2,150 piles to support the busway
Budgeted to cost £116.27m, the government has given Cambridgeshire County Council £92.5m ... Cambridge-St Ives busway will be the longest guided busway in the world[permanent dead link]
officers have been told to focus efforts on completion of the entire busway
Andy Campbell … said: "We don't specifically tell our drivers not to run over the wildlife but ask them to drive to the conditions as they would on a normal road."
single busway … through the Trumpington Cutting … Single decker buses only … on the southern section.
… petition with more than 230 signatures calling for improved lighting alongside the guided busway bridleway south of Cambridge station.
it is anticipated that initially there will be about 6 services per hour at peak times building up to 20 per hour by 2016
director of Stagecoach, said: 'We have invested £3 million in specially adapted buses for the route...' .. Peter Lee, boss of Whippet, said 'We have bought three new buses at a cost of £140,000 each'
When the bus is on the track you must purchase your ticket before you board
developed 17 smart card-enabled, cash and cashless ticketing machines for use on the 25 kilometre route ... will be the first off-bus self-service ticketing terminals offering ITSO .. in the UK
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link){{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)tolerances are .. +/-1mm ... 50,000t of concrete .. 7,000 beams .. 15m-long 'L'-shaped .. 350mm-thick slab and 180mm-high upstand
disused viaduct, which spanned the River Ouse near St Ives, has been removed ... the two spans, which weighed over 100 tonnes each and were made from wrought iron.
new 220-metre viaduct over the River Great Ouse ... Special maintenance free steel has also been used
drilling of boreholes to check the stability of the track foundations had begun on Monday ... calculations confirmed some gaps between concrete were not wide enough to allow for expansion
This message, complete with its about-face 'N', is painted at the entrance to the route in Milton Road, Cambridge.
it will now be late November before the buses are running.
demand was made by Cllr Mike Mason [who] told the News ... 'The motion seeks clarity and honesty from the county council. ... about misinformation and unknown rising costs, ...'
features a green roof, ground source heating, solar panels and is constructed using a hemp and lime system which insulates and is carbon negative
£1.3 million over the original budget
the authority is borrowing borrowing [sic] £41 million during the current financial year and £10.2 million next year ... to pay £161 million to BAM Nuttall for the project, but will then claw back around £40 million of the overrun costs
council... liable for no more than £5m of any costs above the target price.
the campaign called for £4 million annually to be pumped into better bus services, and for a new park and ride site serving the guided busway to be built at Brampton racecourse.