Cambridgeshire Guided Busway

The Cambridgeshire Guided bus (English Cambridgeshire Guided Busway ( CGB) ) has 25 kilometers of track length, the longest track-guided bus system around the world and was opened on August 7, 2011. There is an important link of public transport in the county of Cambridgeshire dar. The controversial construction took four and a half years and cost 181 million pounds sterling.

The route is 40 km long, of which 25 km of track-guided way. There are currently two operators who have a five-year exclusive contract. The main operator is the Stagecoach Group in Perth / Scotland, which ordered 40 vehicles. The local company Whippet bought three special buses for use on the track. The infrastructure of the route is provided by the county. Both companies are working on your own business risk. Write The agreements provide that in the from 07:00 until 19:00 clock to provide services, and in this time for track a user fee must be paid. Outside of peak times is this fee payable, this should encourage operators to also operate at less profitable times the bus route. Contractually specified that in the daylight hours seven buses must be on the track, Sundays and public holidays is an hourly service instead. The provision beyond this services is optional for businesses. The travel time in each direction is 38 minutes (20 minutes from St Ives to Cambridge Science Park and 32 minutes from St Ives to the city center ). A day ticket costs 4 pounds.

Credentials

• Schienenfahrzeugtechnik
• Cambridgeshire
• Traffic (England)