A major investment in Cambridgeshire is set to be made that will significantly raise capacity and also increase the frequency of buses on the Busway to up to every 10 minutes on both sides of the track in peak times.
Stagecoach East, the county’s largest bus operator, will see enhanced Busway services that will provide an up to a 10-minute frequency along the northern track section between St Ives Park & Ride and Cambridge city centre, from Sunday 1 September.
During morning and evening peaks, all Busway A and B Services will operate through to serve Addenbrookes Hospital and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. This will allow an up to 10-minute frequency on either side of the track and introduce over 428 seats’ capacity at peak times. This upgrade has been supported by funding from the Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA), and discussions are underway with other key stakeholders to support the long-term sustainability of these improvements.
All B services at morning and evening peak times will serve the hospitals on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and the B service will continue to serve Long Road College at college times. More services to St Ives will be available from Addenbrookes Bus Station.
B services will need to use Hills Road as double-decker buses cannot use the Busway track because of the low bridge. The H and R services will be withdrawn and will be replaced by more A and B journeys.
David Boden, Business Development Director of Stagecoach East (pictured), said: “We are so excited, for our loyal customers, to introduce these changes. On the Busway, the improvement to services involves adding three extra buses on top of those already operating.
“Today, together with the Park & Rides, the Busway is an essential part of Cambridgeshire’s transport network, and it is on its way to becoming the ‘turn up and go’ service that we all want it to be.
