page_title: List of guided busways and BRT systems in the United Kingdom
section_title: Present systems
hierarchical_section_title: List of guided busways and BRT systems in the United Kingdom / Present systems
caption_attribution_description: English: Cambridgeshire Busway, Data from Geograph: Description: A Cambridge-bound bus approaching the Longstanton stop. Note the diagonal pits in the roadway designed to prevent unauthorised use of the busway. ICBM: 52.291993164558, 0.053523613782334 Location: (about 1 km from) near to Longstanton, Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
context_page_description: 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. The UK does not have any implementations or proposals for rubber tyred trams such as Translohr or Bombardier Guided Light Transit.
context_section_description: Belfast, Northern Ireland, Glider (Belfast) operated by Translink
  Ipswich, Suffolk, Ipswich Rapid Transit operated by First Norfolk & Suffolk, branded Superroute 66, incorporating a 200-m section of guided busway
  Kesgrave - Grange Farm, opened 1995
  regauged in 2005 for larger double-deck buses
  a second stretch of busway has been abandoned
  Runcorn, Cheshire, Runcorn Busway, operated by Arriva North West, an unguided network built as part of the new town extension of Runcorn The busway is 14 miles (22 km) long, with an elevated section into a shopping area at the intersection
  1971 - Phase 1 complete It was the world's first BRT system in 1971.
  1977 - Phase 2 complete
  Redditch, Worcestershire, Matchborough Circular, operated by Red Diamond and First Midlands, an unguided network built as part of the new town extension of Redditch. The system carries over 1.5 million passenger journeys per annum.
  London
  East London Transit, unguided with sections of segregated running: first stage Ilford to Dagenham Dock completed February 2010. Phase 2 (Barking Riverside) to open 2013.
  Thames Gateway, Fastrack, unguided with sections of segregated running, opened in phases in concert with planned local development. Operated by Arriva Southern Counties using standard buses,
  Route A - Dartford - Bluewater, opened June 2007
  Route B - Dartford - Gravesend, opened March 2006
  Leeds
  Leeds Superbus, corridors with sections of guided busway, operated by First Leeds
  A61 Scott Hall Road, four sections, 1 mile (1.5 km), opened 1995
  A64 York Road / B6159 (formerly A63) Selby Road, three sections, 1 mile (2 km), opened 2001
  Bradford Manchester Road Quality Bus Initiative Bradford end, including 1 mile (2.3 km) of guided busway
  A641 Manchester Road, opened October 2001
  Crawley, West Sussex, Crawley Fastway, operated by Metrobus, a 15 miles (24 km) two-route system with segregated lanes and 1 mile (1.5 km) of guided busway.
  Southgate Avenue, opened August 2003.
  Fastway, opened December 2004.
  Tyne & Wear
  Centrelink was an infrastructure project including an exclusive busway on the south bank of the River Tyne, for bendy bus services from Gateshead to the Metrocentre, operated by Go North East. In 2020, bendy bus services are long gone and the Centrelink project turned out to be a bus lane along the river with no priorities.
  Luton, Bedfordshire
  The Luton to Dunstable Busway runs between Luton Airport and Houghton Regis via Dunstable following the Dunstable branch line, which closed in 1989, running parallel to the A505 (Dunstable Road) and A5065 (Hatters Way). t runs for 6.1 miles, of which 4.8 is guided track with a maximum speed of 50 mph. The £91 million scheme opened on 25 September 2013.
  Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, a BRT corridor incorporating "just over 16 miles" of guided busway, using the alignments of the former Cambridge and Huntingdon railway and also of the Varsity Line.
  St Ives Park & Ride - Milton Road, Cambridge: construction begun January 2007; was due to open in February 2009 but heavily delayed. The service finally opened to traffic on Sunday 7 August 2011.
  Cambridge railway station - Trumpington Park & Ride: opened 7 August 2011.
  South East Hampshire Bus Rapid Transit, 3 miles (4.5 km), unguided, between Gosport and Fareham, Hampshire, constructed by Hampshire County Council using the route of the former Gosport to Fareham railway line to reduce congestion on the parallel A32. 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. It opened in April 2012 with services provided by First Hampshire & Dorset using specially branded "Eclipse" buses.
  Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit, from Leigh and Atherton to Manchester via Tyldesley and Ellenbrook. The 29-stop scheme extends a total of 22 km; and makes partial use of a former railway line to form a 4 miles (7 km) guided busway together with pedestrian, cycle lane and bridleway between Leigh, Tyldesley, and Ellenbrook relieving heavy congestion. It then joins the East Lancashire Road run
caption: Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
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