Buses of England-St Ives + Guided Busway August 2019
A recently filmed bus vid now taken in St Ives, Cambridgeshire. We see Stagecoach buses at work in the town along with local operator Dews Coaches. At the edge of town is the guided busway and we see buses storm along on this novel form of transport. It links St Ives to Cambridge with a section beyond to Addenbrooke's Hospital & Trumpington. The buses travel along this former railway line at amazing speed as seen here! If you liked the video please subscribe to my channel, there are lots more transport & quirky vids to upload!
Cambridgeshire Busway - Cambridge Station to Addenbrooke's Hospital
Cambridge, England: A trip on the Route A bus on the guideway from Cambridge Rail Station to the Addenbrooke's Hospital perimeter road. This section of the busway only allows single-decker buses to operate and the bus height warning bells strung over the track to prevent entry by double-deckers can be seen at the entrance and exit of the line. Video by Nigel Pennick, October 2012.
Cambridge Guided bus reviewed by transport expert Robert Bond
Robert Bond is a UK transport commentator and expert. Here he takes a ride on the newly opened Cambridge Guiced bus and offers some opinions about it
A bus trip into Cambridge City 17/10/17
A entertaining ride into Cambridge via Stagecoach and Park and Ride, on a Tuesday afternoon. We went to collect my dads car so we had to take a bus.
Cambridge info:
Cambridge (/ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ/ KAYM-brij) is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of London. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, its population was 123,867, including 24,488 students.
There is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area in the Bronze Age and in Roman Britain; under Viking rule, Cambridge became an important trading centre. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although city status was not conferred until 1951.
The University of Cambridge, founded in 1209, is one of the top five universities in the world. The university includes the Cavendish Laboratory, King's College Chapel, and the Cambridge University Library. The city's skyline is dominated by the last two buildings, along with the spire of the Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church, the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital and St John's College Chapel tower. Anglia Ruskin University, evolved from the Cambridge School of Art and the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, also has its main campus in the city.
Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology Silicon Fen with industries such as software and bioscience and many start-up companies born out of the university. More than 40% of the workforce has a higher education qualification, more than twice the national average. The Cambridge Biomedical Campus, one of the largest biomedical research clusters in the world, is soon to be home to AstraZeneca, a hotel and the relocated Papworth Hospital.
Parker's Piece hosted the first ever game of Association football. The Strawberry Fair music and arts festival and Midsummer Fairs are held on Midsummer Common, and the annual Cambridge Beer Festival takes place on Jesus Green. The city is adjacent to the M11 and A14 roads, and Cambridge station is less than an hour from London King's Cross railway station.
Geography:
Cambridge is situated about 50 miles (80 km) north-by-east of London. The city is located in an area of level and relatively low-lying terrain just south of the Fens, which varies between 6 and 24 metres (20 and 79 ft) above sea level. The town was thus historically surrounded by low lying wetlands that have been drained as the town has expanded.
The underlying geology of Cambridge consists of gault clay and Chalk Marl, known locally as Cambridge Greensand, partly overlaid by terrace gravel. A layer of phosphatic nodules (coprolites) under the marl were mined in the 19th century for fertiliser. It became a major industry in the county, and its profits yielded buildings such as the Corn Exchange, Fulbourn Hospital and St. John's Chapel until the Quarries Act 1894 and competition from America ended production.
The River Cam flows through the city from the village of Grantchester, to the southwest. It is bordered by water meadows within the city such as Sheep's Green as well as residential development. Like most cities, modern-day Cambridge has many suburbs and areas of high-density housing. The city centre of Cambridge is mostly commercial, historic buildings, and large green areas such as Jesus Green, Parker's Piece and Midsummer Common. Many of the roads in the centre are pedestrianised. Population growth has seen new housing developments in the 21st century, with estates such as the CB1 and Accordia schemes near the station, and developments such as Great Kneighton, formally known as Clay Farm, and Trumpington Meadows currently under construction in the south of the city. Other major developments currently being constructed in the city are Darwin Green (formerly NIAB), and University-led developments at West Cambridge and North West Cambridge, (Eddington).
The entire city centre, as well as parts of Chesterton, Petersfield, West Cambridge, Newnham, and Abbey, are covered by an Air Quality Management Area, implemented to counter high levels of nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere.
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The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
Just when you think you've seen everything in the transportation world, you encounter something different. That happened to me on an infrastructure tour in Cambridge, England, when my guides showed be this guided busway.
The video only shows a short segment of The Busway, but it's fascinating. The wheels of the bus run between grooved concrete slabs along an old rail line. The system also handles drainage without burdening the sewers: Stormwater is absorbed by the ground.
At 16 miles, the Cambridge guided busway is the longest one in the world. Bus speeds can reach up to 55 mph.
A busy biking and walking path runs right next to the route. You won't find railings separating the busway from the trail. There's no honking or flashing lights like you would find in the USA -- just common sense.
Cambridge Guided Busway
From St Ives to Cambridge on a guided bus, plus a quick look round the city with all it's bikes and banks.
Bus Snapshots in Cambridge (England)
Buses in Cambridge, filmed in the 1990's.
Also seen is the pedestrian zone.
Cambridge Guided Busway High speed blast UK
Avs speed 16.7 mph, as you can see i was at the front of the pack of 3 the whole way they are 100m+ Behind me, Stopped as bike light went wrong. Hope you enjoy. Ive got a 20mph tailwind!
This is filmed on my new really dodgey DIY camera mount, Its made of One old D lock U part, and a nesquick carton with hole in for the lense to poke through , the D lock inserts in the end of the Aerobars on my bike, Its very jerky i know but will try to improve.
Cambridge builds guided bus scheme (08 August 2011)
Forgot to upload this at the time... Cambridge launches their first guided bus scheme.
Recorded from BBC 1pm News, 08 August 2011.
Cambridge guided bus
Guided bus system.
Cambridge Guided Busway at night
A bus trip into Cambridge City (Again) | 17/04/18
Taking another trip into Cambridge via the bus during the evening rush hour of Tuesday 17th April 2018 unfortunately we had a single decker bus towards the city, but as usual we got a double decker to Babraham Road. The traffic wasn't as busy as it was last time but for some reason the video seems to be longer. NOTE: I did cut out any heavy bits of traffic since it would be boring.
Cambridge info:
Cambridge (/ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ/ KAYM-brij) is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of London. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, its population was 123,867 including 24,506 students. Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking ages, and there is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area as early as the Bronze Age. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951.
Cambridge is home to the world-renowned University of Cambridge, which was founded in 1209. The university includes King's College Chapel, Cavendish Laboratory, and the Cambridge University Library, one of the largest legal deposit libraries in the world. The city's skyline is dominated by several college buildings, along with the spire of the Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church, the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital and St John's College Chapel tower. Anglia Ruskin University, evolved from the Cambridge School of Art and the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, also has its main campus in the city.
Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology Silicon Fen with industries such as software and bioscience and many start-up companies born out of the university. More than 40% of the workforce has a higher education qualification, more than twice the national average. The Cambridge Biomedical Campus, one of the largest biomedical research clusters in the world, is soon to be home to AstraZeneca, a hotel and the relocated Papworth Hospital.
Parker's Piece hosted the first ever game of Association football. The Strawberry Fair music and arts festival and Midsummer Fairs are held on Midsummer Common, and the annual Cambridge Beer Festival takes place on Jesus Green. The city is adjacent to the M11 and A14 roads, and Cambridge station is less than an hour from London King's Cross railway station.
Transport:
Because of its rapid growth in the 20th century, Cambridge has a congested road network. The M11 motorway from east London terminates to the north-west of the city where it joins the A14, a major freight route which connects the port of Felixstowe on the east coast with the Midlands. The A428 connects the city with Bedford and St Neots, and the A10 connects the city to King's Lynn to the north via Ely, and to central London to the south.
As a university town lying on fairly flat ground and with traffic congestion, Cambridge has the highest level of cycle use in the UK. According to the 2001 census, 25% of residents travelled to work by bicycle. Furthermore, a survey in 2013 found that 47% of residents travel by bike at least once a week. In recognition of this, the 3rd stage of the 2014 Tour de France started in the city, adjacent to Parker's Piece.
Cambridge has several bus services including routes linking five Park and Ride sites all of which operate seven days a week and are aimed at encouraging motorists to park near the city's edge. Since 2011, the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway has carried bus services into the centre of Cambridge from St Ives, Huntingdon, Peterborough and other towns and villages along the routes, operated by Stagecoach and Go Whippet. The route A service continues on to the railway station and Addenbrookes, before terminating at Park and Ride in Trumpington.
Cambridge also has its own airport; Cambridge Airport was used mainly by charter and training flights as well as to fly in aircraft for maintenance. Regular flights to Jersey and European destinations such as Gothenburg operated until the end of January 2016 when all scheduled and charter traffic from the airport was halted.
Rail:
Cambridge railway station was opened in 1845, initially linking to Bishopsgate station in London, via Bishops Stortford. Further lines opened throughout the 19th century, including the Cambridge and St Ives branch line, the Stour Valley Railway, the Cambridge to Mildenhall railway, and the Varsity Line. Another station was opened in Cherry Hinton though.
Today, Cambridge station has direct rail links to London with London King's Cross (via the Cambridge Line and the East Coast Main Line) and Liverpool Street (on the West Anglia Main Line). Commuter trains to King's Cross run every half hour during peak hours, with a journey time of 53 minutes. Trains also run to King's Lynn and Ely (via the Fen Line), Norwich (via the Breckland Line), Leicester, Birmingham, Peterborough, Stevenage, Ipswich and London Stansted Airport.
Cambridge Buses
Rayan On Road
This video was taken September 2019 City centre in Cambridge including following areas: St Andrew's St, Emmanuel St, Parker St, Christ's College, Cambridge Bus station, Emmanuel road, Short St, Four Lamps Roundabout in Cambridge, Gonville Place, Regent St, Cambridge University.
Cambridge is a city on the River Cam in eastern England, home to the prestigious University of Cambridge, dating to 1209. The city lies in East Anglia about 50 miles north of London.
Guided busway in Cambridgeshire, UK.
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guided bus travel to cambridge
travelling to cambridge on the guided bus route B
Cambridgeshire Country Walk - Cambridge to Grantchester via the River Cam return
Our video is a guided walk in Cambridgeshire from Cambridge to Grantchester return following the River Cam. This is a relaxing and pleasant walk and we observe many people punting and boating on the River Cam as we follow the rivers footpath on a warm and sunny day in October.
Cambridge guided bus way
A ride on route A from St. Ives to Cambridge science park.
What is GUIDED BUS? What does GUIDED BUS mean? GUIDED BUS meaning, definition & explanation
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What is GUIDED BUS? What does GUIDED BUS mean? GUIDED BUS meaning - GUIDED BUS definition - GUIDED BUS explanation.
Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under license.
Guided buses are buses steered by external means, usually on a dedicated track or roll way that excludes other traffic, permitting the maintenance of schedules even during rush hours.
Guidance systems can be physical, such as kerbs or guide bars, or remote, such as optical or radio guidance.
Guided buses may be articulated, allowing more passengers, but not as many as light rail or trams that do not also freely navigate public roads.
There are only a few examples, but more have been proposed in various countries.
The first guided busway in the United Kingdom was in Birmingham, the Tracline 65, 1,968 feet (600 m) long, experimentally in 1984. It has since been removed. Several guided busways have been planned or built in the United Kingdom.
In Mannheim, Germany, from May 1992 to September 2005 a guided busway shared the tram alignment for a few hundred metres, which allowed buses to avoid a congested stretch of road where there was no space for an extra traffic lane. It was discontinued as the majority of buses fitted with guide wheels were withdrawn for age reasons. There are no plans to convert newer buses.
The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway between Cambridge and St Ives is the world's longest guided busway.
The Nagoya Guideway Bus in Nagoya, opened in March 2001 and is the only guided bus line in Japan.
The kerb-guided bus (KGB) guidance mechanism is a development of the early flangeways, pre-dating railways. The Gloucester and Cheltenham Tramroad of 1809 therefore has a claim to be the earliest guided busway. Earlier flangeways existed, but were not for passenger carrying.
THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE BUSWAY IN SERVICE
The innovative bus rapid transit system in Cambridgeshire opened to full service on August 8 2011 after an official opening of the northern section with Sunday service the day before. This video is of Nigel Pennick's photographs with musical accompaniment of traditional Cambridgeshire tunes from The Traditional Music of Cambridgeshire Collective.