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BRT plans progress

­BUS RAPID TRANSIT

20 September 2013
 

Leeds City Council and Metro, this week applied to the DfT for a Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) to build the nine-mile trolleybus line.

The single north-south line will connect with two park-and-ride terminals, and the electric powered vehicles will substantially cut journey times. The last British trolleybuses ran in neighbouring Bradford in 1972.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Pennines, work has begun on Greater Manchester’s first guided busway. The 4.5-mile section linking Leigh (in Wigan) with Ellenbrook (in Salford) utilises a disused railway for part of the way. 

Design and construction work is being undertaken by Balfour Beatty, and the project is part of a larger £68m 13-mile bus priority scheme due to open in 2015.

Local transport minister Norman Baker will open the Luton-Dunstable guided busway on Tuesday 24 September.

 
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