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This is a list of the past, present, planned or abandoned guided bus systems or bus rapid transit schemes in the United Kingdom, including segregated busways.Not included are bus priority schemes, bus lanes or local authority bus company quality contracts that do not involve guidance, significant segregation from the public highway or other bus rapid transit features.
Tracline 65 was a bus route in Birmingham, England which included the first guided busway in the United Kingdom. The existing route 65 bus route was upgraded as part of an experiment to improve bus services, by the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive .
Following an investment in 17 Enviro400 MMCs featuring revised Unibus branding in late 2019, replacing the Enviro400s on the service, [31] [32] Stagecoach Midlands launched the U12 service on 2 January 2020, which runs between Coventry and the University of Warwick at a frequency of up to every 15 minutes, as well as launching a term-long bus ...
A disused flyover north of the station, which carries the Birmingham to Peterborough line over the WCML, was restored to use; a connection was built between this and the new platforms, which were dedicated to the Birmingham-Leicester-East Anglia services. [3] [4] [5] In November 2012, the 0.9 mile Nuneaton North Chord opened to the north of the ...
In 1987, the route was reduced further, with the southern portion of the route to Chessington cut back to Kingston. By this time, route tendering had been established in London, and 65 passed to Kingston Bus, a low-cost unit established by London Buses. [4] Upon being re-tendered, the route was awarded to Armchair Passenger Transport.
The Coventry to Nuneaton Line is a railway line linking Coventry and Nuneaton in the West Midlands of England. The line has a passenger service. It is also used by through freight trains, and freight trains serving facilities on the route. The current passenger stations on the route are Nuneaton, Bermuda Park, Bedworth, Coventry Arena and Coventry.
1912 map showing the railways around Nuneaton, and the location of the station. Until 2 June 1924 it was known as Nuneaton Midland. It was renamed as Nuneaton Abbey Street to avoid confusion with Trent Valley station when the Midland Railway and the London and North Western Railway were grouped to create the London, Midland and Scottish Railway ...
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) opened the station, along with the Coventry to Nuneaton Line on 12 September 1850. [citation needed] On 18 January 1965 British Railways (BR) withdrew passenger services from the line and closed Bedworth station, along with all of the other intermediate stations on the line. [1]