Cambridgeshire Guided Busway - Future Proposals - Other Proposals

Other Proposals

In connection with the Chesterton diversion, the CamLink consortium have proposed a new busway route from the centre of Cambridge, continuing past a future Science Park station to Waterbeach. CamLink is a proposal developed by RLW Estates which is a consortium of The Royal London Group, Turnstone Estates and St John's College.

CamToo, a transport scheme developed by a separate set of local interest groups, has also offered proposals for further expansion of the guided busway network including:

• Extending the service to operate to Peterborough
• Extension beyond the Milton Road junction, crossing Milton Road to Barnwell Bridge, continuing along the railway alignment already used
• New access routes to and from the A14 road to enable buses coming from Bar Hill and Cambourne to gain access to the northern guided section of the busway and its bridge under the A14 road.
• A new bridge under the A14 dual carriageway to enable buses serving Milton, including a new Park and Ride site, to avoid the busy Milton Road / A14 roundabout.
• Conversion of bus lanes on Newmarket Road to "tramway" style (bus lanes moved into the centre of the road with right-turns across the bus lanes prevented for normal traffic).
• Extension beyond the Addenbrooke's Hospital terminus, connecting to the A1303 Babraham Road
• Extension beyond the Trumpington Park and Ride terminus, further along the course of the old Bedford railway line until reaching the B1046 between Barton and Comberton.

In February 2012 a proposal was reported from the Campaign for Better Transport to construct an additional Park & Ride facility at Brampton Racecourse to the north-west of Huntingdon.