Stagecoach Route R

A year after it was introduced, bus route R, which provides a direct link between Trumpington Park & Ride and Cambridge Rail Station, has been pronounced a success by bus operators Stagecoach.



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Delays yesterday at Oakington

Yesterday, busway services were affected by the Wings for Life event. Two buses in each direction were held up waiting for the runners to pass. The bus I was on was 30 minutes late reaching St Ives.

Alterations to Stagecoach guided buses during May 2016

There will be alterations to bus services  on certain dates during May, and full details can be found here.

May Bank Holidays

On Monday 2nd May 2016 and 29th May 2016 Busway services will operate a Sunday timetable. Most other Stagecoach services will also operate a Sunday service. Click HERE for further information.

Wings for Life Event - Sunday 8th May 2016

On Sunday 8th May the Wings for Life event is taking place in Cambridgeshire. Busway services in Cambridge will be affected until 1400 as they will be unable to serve Jesus Lane, Round Church Street  and Shire Hall stops before this time.

Customers are advised to either use Drummer Street bus station, New Square or the stop outside "The Grapes" on Histon Road.

Busway B services are expected to resume normal route at 1400.

Please note that all other Stagecoach buses in Cambridge will be disrupted. If you have onward connections please click HERE for full details

Route "R" passenger numbers "over target"

Stagecoach reports that passenger numbers on Busway route R (Railway Station-Trumpington Park and Ride, rush-hours only) are running "over target". As Andy Campbell, MD of Stagecoach East, puts it: "In the second week of April this year, we carried over 1,600 passengers on the service – well over our target".

The full story is carried on the Cambridge Network website (a source of which I admit to being unaware until a few minutes ago).

A video of Cambridge to St Ives along the Guided Railway 48 Years Ago

A railway enthusiast, Edward Thorp, in 1968, having heard of the forthcoming closure of the Cambridge to St Ives railway passenger service, made the trip with an 8mm camera to record for posterity.

This has been converted to video, and posted online at http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-cambridge-st-ives-1968/

It shows many landmarks still instantly recognisable to people travelling on its successor the guided busway, and many things you won't see today, including
- Signal Boxes at every station
- Aeroplanes at RAF Oakington - both on the ground and in the air
- A notice at St Ives Station of the closure of the railway passenger service.

Busway services over the Easter weekend

Stagecoach have announced what bus services they will be running over Easter. Good Friday and Easter Monday will have a Sunday bus service i.e. no evening buses. Easter Saturday and Sunday will have a normal Saturday and Sunday timetable.    Full details here.

Whippet likewise will be running a Sunday service on Good Friday and Easter Monday. Info here.

Truimpington accident - report published

The County Council has published its report into the accident that took place near Trumpington on 22 February. The bus crossed a maintenance track, and came to rest on the embankment on the western edge of the Busway corridor. The report is pretty damning, and it's clear that the driver was at fault - quite possibly negligent? Access to the report is on the County Council's website. It has been picked up by various media, including the BBC and Cambridge News.

Two things I noticed in passing: one is the reference in the report to something called the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway Operations Handbook. I'm guessing this is regarded as an "internal" document and not available for consultation by members of the public. The other is that Stagecoach refused to allow the County Council an archive copy of CCTV recordings from the bus involved in the accident, limiting access to the report's authors to a viewing onsite at the Fenstanton depot.