Cambridgeshire Guided Busway - Route

Route

[ ] Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
Legend
East Coast Main Line
Huntingdon railway station
Huntingdonstreet running
Somershamstreet running
St Ivesstreet running
St Ivespark and ride
St Ives Viaduct(River Great Ouse)
Fen Drayton Lakes
Swavesey
Longstantonpark and ride
Northstoweproposed development
Oakington
Histon and Impington
A14 road
Orchard Park East
Orchard Park West
Cambridge Regional College
Cambridge Science Park
Cambridgestreet running
to North and East
Cambridge railway station
Hills Road
Long Road
Addenbrooke's Hospital
Shelford Road
Trumpington Cutting (single track)
Hauxton Road
Trumpingtonpark and ride
to London

Starting at Huntingdon railway station and town centre, buses travel on normal roads to St Ives. From here the busway follows the path of the former Cambridge and Huntingdon railway to a new park and ride site south of the town, where it becomes guided. The buses stop at Swavesey, Longstanton, Oakington and Histon, with a request stop for the nature reserve at Fen Drayton. Should a proposed new town at Northstowe be built, further stops would be opened—with the Northstowe developers Gallagher Construction being encouraged to build extended lengths of busway through the development itself beforehand.

Upon entering Cambridge the route diverges. One route has stops at Cambridge Regional College and Cambridge Science Park, before the bus route rejoins the road network to travel into central Cambridge. The other joins the road network at Orchard Park (formerly Arbury Park), before continuing to the city centre. The two forks converge at Cambridge bus station for the journey to Cambridge railway station. Beyond Cambridge railway station the buses are again guided using the trackbed and structures of the former Cambridge-Oxford railway (The Varsity Line) to travel south to Addenbrooke's Hospital and Trumpington Park and Ride. This section last saw a scheduled passenger train in 1967.

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