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« Reply #105 on: October 21, 2011, 13:44:37 » |
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I've posted it here because these incidents are only hearsay.
Firstly two buses double deck going in opposite directions allegely touched due to the wind cauisng them to rock.
Secondly first accident, bus hit a cyclist, riding along the busway. Cyclist jumped for safety bike mangled.
Thirdly kids are being sick on double deckers due to swaying.
Forthly they need to run more buses but that would slow the service down, so one wag suggested they have signals and couple the buses together. Oh dear we've got a train which is what everyone wanted in the first place.
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« Reply #106 on: October 21, 2011, 16:42:17 » |
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« Reply #107 on: October 21, 2011, 18:19:08 » |
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« Reply #108 on: December 23, 2011, 09:59:22 » |
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« Reply #109 on: January 15, 2012, 11:22:56 » |
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And a further update from me here - in an article that also looks at other aspects of travel in Cambridge and compares it to what we have n our own area. |
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« Reply #110 on: January 15, 2012, 13:58:15 » |
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They've just recorded the 1,000,000th trip since it opened....
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« Reply #111 on: January 15, 2012, 14:40:24 » |
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They've just recorded the 1,000,000th trip since it opened....
That's right - covered in my link above, with a calculation as to what "one million journeys" means in terms of numbers of passengers per hour ...  |
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« Reply #112 on: January 16, 2012, 11:39:32 » |
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i think your analysis was very fair Grahame. An interesting comparison would be how long did it take Ebbw Vale to reach its millionth journey. I bet on an absolute measure it required less trains than buses to provide for the millionth journey to Ebbw Vale. So a light rail to St ives would probaly have hit the millionth even earlier.
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« Reply #114 on: April 22, 2012, 07:52:50 » |
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The Fareham-Gosport "busway" started service today, branded as Eclipse. It will be interesting to see how the initial service compares to the experiences on the Cambridge busway.
I'm heading back to Bedfordshire today, but next time I'm down here, I'll get myself a FirstDay Hampshire ticket and head over there for a peek.
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« Reply #115 on: November 20, 2012, 20:20:18 » |
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From the BBC» : Cambridgeshire guided bus comes off tracks The bus came off the tracks at about 15:00 GMT, police saidA driver has been taken to hospital after his bus came off the guided busway tracks in Cambridgeshire. Police said it happened just after 15:00 GMT and no passengers are thought to have been injured. Stagecoach said the driver misjudged an entrance to the busway between Swavesey and Longstanton and had been taken to hospital for treatment. The firm's managing director Andy Campbell said services were still running, but diversions were in place. Witnesses said the bus had been left at a 45-degree angle on the busway. The concrete-tracked busway opened last year and runs services between Huntingdon and Trumpington, south of Cambridge. |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #116 on: November 21, 2012, 07:23:15 » |
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Not sure how to react.
I wonder if this was one of the risks that was evaluated when the busway was designed?
Who will investigate. the police or HMRI▸ .
Presumably there will now be a lower speed restriction for buses entering the busway.
Unfortunately I believe work has started on Luton -Dunstable.
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« Reply #117 on: November 21, 2012, 12:36:27 » |
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BBC» : "bus comes off tracks".
No, the bus never got on the track in the first place...
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« Reply #118 on: November 21, 2012, 16:46:17 » |
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Cant imagine that the HMRI▸ would investigate, it is not really a railway, not even light rail or tramway, which is within the remit of HMRI.
I would presume that if investigation is warrented that this will be by the police and/or the HSE▸ .
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A proper intercity train has a minimum of 8 coaches, gangwayed throughout, with first at one end, and a full sized buffet car between first and standard.
It has space for cycles, surfboards,luggage etc.
A 5 car DMU▸ is not a proper inter-city train. The 5+5 and 9 car DMUs are almost as bad.
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« Reply #119 on: November 21, 2012, 18:07:11 » |
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It would be great if the investigation were to decide that Guided Busways should be banned and lay down railway tracks instead which should have been done on this route in the first place.
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