Under Construction
- South East Hampshire Bus Rapid Transit is a 2.8m (4.5 km) unguided busway between Gosport and Fareham, Hampshire, currently under construction by Hampshire County Council using the route of the former Gosport to Fareham railway line to reduce congestion on the parallel A32 between the towns. The scheme was proposed following the collapse of the light rail scheme using the same route and funding was approved in July 2009 for the £20m scheme. The route is due to open in April 2012 with services provided by First Hampshire & Dorset using specially branded "Eclipse" buses on all routes utilising the busway.
- Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit - a BRT corridor running from Leigh (one of the largest towns in Great Britain without a railway station) to Manchester via Salford. The 14 stop scheme makes partial use of a former railway line to form a 7 km dual tracked guided busway together with pedestrian, cycle lane and Bridleway between Leigh, Tyldesley, and Ellenbrook relieving heavy congestion in and around the roads of Leigh, it will then join the East Lancs Road with the construction of an additional bus lane in stretches where none is currently present. A Park and Ride site will be constructed at the point the road reaches the M60 then the bus will continue along the road through Salford and into Manchester along a total of 15 km of segregated Bus lane. The scheme will be 80% segregated from highway along its length and utilise a Trambus hybrid fleet. The scheme is costed at £30m for the guided busway and £76m for the total project. Initial road junction works began in late 2011 and it was originally due to open in Spring 2013 however major works were delayed as finance was diverted to more urgent projects and it will not now begin construction until 2013 and open until 2015. It will form part of the wider Manchester Quality Bus Corridor (Manchester QBC) and Cross City Bus network.
- Luton, Bedfordshire, the Luton to Dunstable Busway. A busway with "specially adapted buses capable of running both on their own track and on the public roads". Initially to be branded as Translink Express and operated by Ulsterbus In July 2007 the agreement with Ulsterbus was terminated and it is undergoing a rebranding.
- Houghton Regis - Dunstable - Luton, Statutory powers gained by Luton Borough Council in 2005
Read more about this topic: List Of Guided Busways And BRT Systems In The United Kingdom
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