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From Leigh, the V1 limited-stop bus service joins seven kilometres of guided busway to Ellenbrook, six kilometres of bus lanes on the East Lancashire Road and sections of reserved bus lanes through Salford and Manchester city centres. The V2 service from Atherton to Manchester joins the guided busway at Tyldesley.
1 mile (2.3 km) of guided busway [8] A641 Manchester Road, opened October 2001. Crawley, West Sussex: Crawley Fastway: Metrobus: A 15 miles (24 km) two-route system with segregated lanes and 1 mile (1.5 km) of guided busway. Southgate Avenue opened August 2003 and Fastway opened December 2004. Gateshead, Tyne & Wear: Centrelink Go North East
The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway between Cambridge and St Ives, at 25 kilometres (16 miles), is the world's longest guided busway. [11] Between 2004 and 2008, a 1-mile (1.5 km) section of guided busway was in operation between Stenhouse and Broomhouse in the west of Edinburgh.The route was later converted for use by Edinburgh trams. [12] [13]
On 3 April 2016, First Greater Manchester commenced operating services on the 4.5 miles (7.2 km) North West Guided busway between Leigh and Ellenbrook. A fleet of 25 Wright Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B5LH hybrid buses equipped with guidewheels were operated by First on the service, branded in a dark purple Vantage livery. [30] [31]
Its 4.5-mile guided busway section from Leigh via Tyldesley to Ellenbrook operates along the old rail alignment. Of Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) £122m overall spending on the bus route to Manchester Central Hospitals via the city centre, £68m was spent on the guided busway track and associated infrastructure. [13]
English: This Order authorises Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive to construct works and compulsorily to acquire land and rights in land for the purpose of a guided busway between Leigh and Newearth Road in Greater Manchester and includes powers for the operation and regulation of the guided busway and for traffic regulation and improvements on connecting roads.
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1 mile (2 km) of guided busway and a further 0.6 miles (1 km) of unguided bus lanes on Manchester Road to the city centre.----No [1] Bristol: MetroBus: The bus rapid transit network which is a section of guided busway in Ashton Gate and a bus-only exit and bridge on the M32 motorway: 29 May 2018: 5-50 km (31 mi) No [1] Cambridgeshire: Guided Busway