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- 31/01/2022 - Temporary closure date confirmed for Cambridgeshire Guided Busway track on southern route following second fatality
- 31/12/2021 - Busway track next to cyclists and pedestrians to temporarily close on southern seciton for safety reasons
- 31/10/2021 - Third death in a decade on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 31/08/2021 - Cambridgeshire Guided Busway has been operating for 10 years - was it worthwhile or misguided?
- 30/11/2020 - Double-deck bus trapped under bridge as bus driver forgets that southern route only allows single-deck buses
- 31/07/2020 - Cambridgeshire County Council aims to reclaim £80m repair bill for the guided busway
- 31/01/2020 - A14 upgrade closes busy cycle route and part of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway for a month
- 30/11/2019 - Cambridgeshire Guided Busway closure between Cambridge and Histon extended again because of A14 roadworks
- 31/10/2019 - Investigation launched after guided bus "came off tracks and landed in a field"
- 31/07/2019 - Stagecoach launches online public consultation on future busway services
- 31/05/2019 - Bus catches fire on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 28/02/2019 - Lorry stuck on Cambridge guided busway for more than six hours
- 31/10/2018 - Multi-operator smartcards withdrawn on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 30/09/2018 - Cyclist killed by bus on the southern section of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 31/08/2018 - Cambridgeshire Guided Busway achieves little over half of its intended 20,000 pasengers per day
- 31/08/2018 - Cambridgeshire Guided Busway driver given 12-week suspended prison sentence for crashing bus in 2016
- 31/07/2017 - Yet another car gets stuck on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 30/06/2017 - Another bus accident on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway southern section caused by speeding bus
- 30/06/2017 - Soon after Cambridgeshire Guided Busway section to Cambrdge North opens a car gets trapped
- 31/03/2017 - Transporter driver who went onto guided busway tracks 'didn't understand' no entry signs
- 31/01/2017 - Cambridge News illustrates history of cars stuck on Cambridgeshire Guided Busway using video with slapstick music
- 31/12/2016 - Car overturns on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway blocking route during morning peak-time
- 31/12/2016 - Drunk driver gets car stuck on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 30/11/2016 - Independent investigation into Cambridgeshire Guided Busway track faults decides BAM Nuttall should pay to fix problems
- 31/10/2016 - Bus driver injured as bus collides with delivery van on busway junction at Longstanton
- 31/07/2016 - Second guided bus within months comes off the track near Trumpington and climbs side of the cutting
- 28/02/2016 - Guided bus leaves guideway and ends up on side of cutting near to Trumpington injuring five passengers
- 28/12/2015 - Cambridgeshire Country Council announces increase in passengers "using" the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 28/12/2015 - Cyclists demand changes to dangerous bollards on cycle track parallel Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 30/09/2015 - Cambridgeshire County Council and BAM Nuttall agree to fund joint investigations into Cambridgeshire Guided Busway defects
- 30/09/2015 - Van jumping lights at Longstanton crossing collides with bus and damages the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 11/09/2015 - Cambridge News reveals that Cambridgeshire Guided Busway patronage is flat-lining
- 11/09/2015 - Stagecoach Managing Director claims that busway patronage has not been impacted by introduction of park and ride charge
- 20/08/2015 - Driver and two passengers injured on Luton-Dunstable guided busway as tyre punctures on bus
- 31/01/2015 - Another unwanted vehicle on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway - this time it's a London cabbie
- 30/11/2014 - Confused motorist rescued after driving along Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 30/11/2014 - Could introduction of car parking charges charges at previously free busway park and ride sites affect busway patronage?
- 31/10/2014 - Cambridgeshire County Council intends to 'hold BAM Nuttall to account' for £31m defects in guided busway
- 31/10/2014 - Passengers injured on Cambridgeshire Guided Busway when driver performed an emergency stop
- 30/09/2014 - Cambridgeshire Guided Busway fails to hit third year's patronage target
- 30/09/2014 - Review into contract to build Cambridgeshire Guided Busway says it was "was appropriate for the time"
- 30/09/2014 - Serious defects on the guided busway will require £30 million to fix
- 30/09/2014 - Yet another incident on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway as German driver blindly follows sat-nav onto the tracks
- 31/08/2014 - Cambs County Council spends almost £320,000 identifying faults on guided busway
- 31/07/2014 - Deliberate trespass also occurs on the Cambridge guided busway
- 31/07/2014 - Motorists keep getting stranded on the Cambridge guided busway
- 31/05/2014 - Coucillors decide that busway extension to new Cambridge Science Park station will be a conventional road
- 31/05/2014 - Cyclist taken to hospital following a collision on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 31/05/2014 - Former Histon Station building returned to its owner after Cambs County Council finds no use for it
- 30/04/2014 - Cambridgeshire County Council plans free legal action against BAM Nuttall over the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway as serious faults are found
- 30/04/2014 - Few passengers complain about Cambridgeshire Guided Busway - is this satisfaction or is complaining seen as wasted effort?
- 31/03/2014 - County councillor accuses guided busway team of "consistently misleading" councillors over problems with the scheme
- 28/02/2014 - No cycling along part of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway route as flooding lasts for eight weeks
- 29/01/2014 - Stagecoach increases frequency of guided buses to cope with demand
- 31/10/2013 - Cambridgeshire Guided Busway may have to be lifted and relaid in places as land movements cause uneven track
- 31/10/2013 - County Council to spend £20,000 reviewing why guided busway construction costs went so badly wrong
- 31/10/2013 - Doubt remains about developer contribution towards guided busway construction
- 31/10/2013 - Yet another car gets stuck on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway followed by a lorry taking the wrong route
- 30/09/2013 - Guided busway 'has not helped to cut A14 traffic' according to analysis by CAST.IRON
- 31/08/2013 - Cambridgeshire County Council and BAM Nuttall reach agreement before dispute goes to court
- 30/06/2013 - Cambridge News laps up more negative stories associated with highly controversial guided busway
- 30/06/2013 - Guided bus catches fire and forces closure of guided busway track
- 31/05/2013 - Final attempt to settle Cambridgeshire Guided Busway dispute between council and BAM Nuttall without going to court
- 31/05/2013 - Luton-Dunstable guided bus project could repeat some of the same mistakes as the Cambridgeshire scheme
- 31/05/2013 - Two bus passengers hurt and sent to hospital after collision between car and bus on Cambridgeshire guided busway at Longstanton
- 30/04/2013 - Guided busway was built to get traffic off the A14 - but that cars not articulated lorries!
- 29/03/2013 - Stagecoach bus driver prosecuted for driving without due care and attention on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 01/03/2013 - Cyclists give up on flooded 'maintenance track' and ride on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway instead
- 01/03/2013 - More money to be spent on Cambridgeshire Guided Busway 'maintenance track' to make it fit for purpose
- 01/03/2013 - Yet another driver gets their car wedged in the guided busway tracks
- 31/01/2013 - Cambridgeshire council tax payers forking out £2m interest on £64m loans to cover construction of guided busway
- 31/01/2013 - Freedom of Information Act request reveals 50 "emergencies" occurred on Cambridgeshire Guided Busway in just six months
- 31/12/2012 - Cambridgeshire County Council spends £95k to make busway maintenance track fit for cycles and walkers
- 31/12/2012 - Further investigation work undertaken on southern section of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 31/12/2012 - Guided bus driver interviewed under disciplinary procedures after bus passengers thrown onto floor
- 31/12/2012 - More than 100 official complaints about Cambridgeshire Guided Busway in first 16 months of operation
- 31/12/2012 - Pedestrian struck by guided bus sustains serious injuries a day after bus passenger's hand is injured
- 28/11/2012 - Busway "could be considered" for new Waterbeach housing development
- 28/11/2012 - Busway repairs to southern section undertaken after little more than a year in use
- 28/11/2012 - Guided bus comes off the tracks causing closure of busway
- 28/11/2012 - Work commences on doubling of St Ives park and ride
- 29/10/2012 - Busway concrete beams repaired after only 14 months of use
- 29/10/2012 - County Council given more time to respond to BAM Nuttall's claims because of amount of documentation involved
- 29/10/2012 - Further criticism of busway as ambulance is prevented from reaching seriously injured cyclist because of bollards
- 29/09/2012 - Cambridgeshire County Council claims that the guided bus has taken 600,000 car journeys off the roads
- 29/09/2012 - Cambridgeshire County Council faces £100m bill if it loses busway fight with BAM Nuttall as costs escalate yet again
- 28/08/2012 - First anniversary of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway surprises no-one when County Council claims it has been a success
- 29/07/2012 - Stagecoach launches 'experimental' Cambridge to Peterborough service via the busway
- 03/07/2012 - Spate of bicycle thefts at guided busway stops
- 25/05/2012 - Cambridgeshire County Council report suggests that guided busway could be extended across Cambridge city to improve bus reliability
- 30/04/2012 - Cambs County Council discloses details of its Quality Bus Partnership agreement with operators of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 30/04/2012 - January 2014 date set for start of court hearings between Cambridgeshire County Council and BAM Nuttall
- 30/03/2012 - Government funding to be used to add further bus routes using the busway
- 18/02/2012 - Stagecoach to purchase eight more buses for busway services
- 17/12/2011 - Another car driver gets trapped on the guided busway
- 17/12/2011 - Council already had plans too cope with snow on busway itself but now invests on solution for maintenance track as well
- 17/12/2011 - County Council defends its decision for allowing only single-deck buses on route to Trumpington and Addenbrooke's
- 15/11/2011 - Cambridgeshire Guided Busway cost could top £200m
- 15/11/2011 - Claim that Cambridgeshire Guided Busway is 'a success' as more use it than expected
- 15/11/2011 - More money could be spent on busway to make it fit for purpose at Swavesey and within Cambridge
- 09/10/2011 - Bus interchange work at Cambridge station completed - busway stop no longer in a building site
- 09/10/2011 - Two cars attempt to drive onto busway and get stuck in the car traps whilst bicycle gets crushed
- 09/10/2011 - Videos of the entire Cambridgeshire Guided busway route
- 10/09/2011 - Busway maintenance track from St Ives to Swavesey to be raised to avoid flooding and surfaced to aid cyclists
- 10/09/2011 - Cambridge News conducted one-off race amongst its journalists to identify fastest mode of travel from St Ives to Cambridge - the car won!
- 10/09/2011 - Council doesn't know - and perhaps doesn't want to know - who is using the busway and what journeys are being made
- 10/09/2011 - County Council releases bus drivers' instruction manual following a Freedom of Information request
- 10/09/2011 - Guided busway attracts impressive number of passenger journeys in its first 30 days of operation
- 10/09/2011 - Newspapers may print county council press releases verbatim without analysis but readers are not fools
- 08/08/2011 - Busway smartcards unexpectedly available from day one but facility is lacklustre
- 08/08/2011 - Can busway really get the patronage it claims - legitimately?
- 08/08/2011 - Opening of busway makes the national news as CAST.IRON wastes no time in exploiting media
- 08/08/2011 - Question raised over maintenance cost of busway after Bedfordshire County Council allocates £250k per year to its busway
- 08/08/2011 - Very low-key opening of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway on Sunday 7th August but two thousand people try out busway 'novelty'
- 24/07/2011 - CAST.IRON researches proposed busway services against existing buses and promises made at the public inquiry
- 24/07/2011 - Clarity received on proposals for dealing with accidents on the guided busway
- 24/07/2011 - Conflicting messages from Cambridgeshire County Council about urgency of A14 upgrade
- 24/07/2011 - Council cabinet member makes astonoshing remark about buses not being "the way forward"
- 24/07/2011 - First serious injury on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway - and it hasn't even opened yet!
- 24/07/2011 - Publicity ramps up for opening of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway on Sunday 7th August 2011
- 24/07/2011 - Will bus service on Cambridgeshire Guided Busway attract the predicted number of passengers?
- 26/06/2011 - Cambridgeshire County Council announces that the guided busway will open on Sunday 7th August 2011
- 26/06/2011 - Cambridgeshire County Council initiates £6.5 million legal proceedings against BAM Nuttall to recover massive overspend costs
- 26/06/2011 - Cambridgeshire Guided Bus timetable leaves many people disappointed
- 28/05/2011 - Commencement of work by new contractors may see Cambridgeshire Guided Busway open in August 2011
- 28/03/2011 - Cambridgeshire Guided busway is now more than two years late and penalties mount up for contractor BAM Nuttall
- 26/02/2011 - County Council announces replacement contractor for BAM Nuttall but certificates delayed yet again
- 31/01/2011 - As many as one-in-ten busway beams could need 'trimming to avoid expansion in hit weather
- 31/01/2011 - Cambridgeshire Guided busway could finally open in July 2011 if no further delays
- 31/01/2011 - Cambridgeshire Guided busway to be dug up as soon as it is finished
- 31/01/2011 - Rail supporters in Leigh use Cambridgeshire Busway fiasco to spur investigation of railway reopening instead
- 31/01/2011 - Stagecoach no longer obliged to use Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 24/12/2010 - BBC Radio Cambridgeshire debate held in Impington as Stagecoach admits it could walk away from the busway
- 24/12/2010 - Buses run on busway to test traffic light operation
- 24/12/2010 - Cambridgeshire Guided Busway cost climbs to a massive £181m and construction is still not complete
- 28/11/2010 - Whole of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway has now been constructed allowing tests to begin
- 30/10/2010 - Final pre-cast concrete beam laid on Cambridgeshire guided busway but still plenty of other work is outstanding
- 30/09/2010 - Cambridgeshire County Council to hold inquiry into busway contract but not the decision to build the busway
- 30/09/2010 - Council concerned that contractor has not issued final completion certificates for individual works on southern section
- 30/08/2010 - BAM Nuttall to finish all work on southern section by mid-December 2010
- 30/08/2010 - Busway bosses plan for emergency vehicles to use track
- 30/08/2010 - Cambridge MP feels that Manchester busway 'suspension' is no surprise given problems in Cambridgeshire
- 26/07/2010 - Bus oprators may reduce service on busway because of delay in building Northstowe new town
- 26/07/2010 - County Council decides to stop chasing BAM Nuttall to fix northern section defects and wait for southern section to be handed over
- 26/07/2010 - Delay in opening the guided busway causes council's consultant's to escalate as well
- 26/07/2010 - Fallen tree on guided busway track confirms critics view that bus services will not be free from disruption
- 26/07/2010 - Work continues to roll in for BAM Nuttall despite its serious problems on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 20/06/2010 - BAM Nuttall "commences work" on Luton-Dunstable busway despite criticism of its performance on Cambridgeshire busway scheme
- 20/06/2010 - County council's Bob Menzies speaks at yet another bus rapid transit conference
- 20/06/2010 - MP's call for public inquiry into Cambridgeshire Guided Busway debacle is rejected by government but internal review will occur
- 20/06/2010 - More busway delays as County council says that none of six defects have been completed by BAM Nuttall
- 28/05/2010 - Busway is a hot topic in pre-election political discussions
- 28/05/2010 - Conservative leader rejects calls for public inquiry into guided busway so new MP raises it with Secretary of State
- 28/05/2010 - Freedom of Information answer calls into question county council's project management methods
- 28/05/2010 - Slow progress on resolving all six defects will delay opening date for northern section being announced until "at least July"
- 26/04/2010 - Cambridgeshire County Council releases details of busway 'Compensation Events' under Freedom of information Act
- 26/04/2010 - Government refuses to increase its share of the funding for the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 26/04/2010 - Mid-April passes with no date for Cambridgeshire Guided Busway opening then suddenly mid-June trial date possible
- 26/04/2010 - Private Eye magazine's Dr B Ching criticises government's obsession with guided busways
- 27/03/2010 - BAM Nuttall representative talks to Institute of Civil Engineers about the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 27/03/2010 - County Council re-issues guided busway publicity video to remind passengers what they will get...one day
- 27/03/2010 - Government offers extra funding for Luton-Dunstable guided busway despite massive cost increases and delays in Cambridgeshire
- 27/03/2010 - Guided bus in Leeds hits central reservation crash barriers
- 27/03/2010 - Stalemate over opening date as BAM Nuttall refuses to acknowledge 'defects' in Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 28/02/2010 - Busway opponent creates Facebook page called "Cambridge Guided Bus is a stupid STUPID idea"
- 28/02/2010 - Cambridgeshire county Council has already paid out £143m for busway and total cost is expected to top £161m
- 28/02/2010 - Small sign of progress in Cambridgeshire Guided Busway construction on the southern section
- 28/02/2010 - Stagecoach shows its frustration over busway delays with 'humorous' adverts on buses
- 05/02/2010 - Bus operators angry at delay in opening Cambridgeshire Guided Busway may claim compensation from county council
- 16/01/2010 - Cambridgeshire County Council reveals more about delays to guided busway
- 24/12/2009 - BAM Nuttall informs residents of planned works on Trumpingon routes
- 28/11/2009 - Cambridgeshire County Council announces third delay in in opening the guided busway
- 10/10/2009 - Guided bus timetable published ahead of planned opening show that new service will be no faster!
- 14/09/2009 - Relentless bad news dogs the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 24/08/2009 - Cambridgeshire County Council confirms date when stage one of busway will open to the public
- 01/07/2009 - Rumours that Cambridgeshire Guided Busway will be delayed beyond "late summer" into autumn
- 18/06/2009 - Anti-busway voters throw out Cambridgeshire County Council's cabinet member for transport
- 15/05/2009 - Driver training starts on Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 18/03/2009 - More woes on construction of Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 21/01/2009 - Cambridgeshire Guided Busway opening delayed until late summer at earliest
- 21/01/2009 - Guided Buses will not call at most bus stops
- 21/12/2008 - First business casualty of Cambridgeshire guided busway works
- 08/12/2008 - Possible financial meltdown of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway - £30 million overspend claimed
- 07/10/2008 - Stagecoach boasts that Cambridgeshire guided busway will see 100% clean buses
- 29/05/2008 - Quality of Cambridgeshire Guided busway construction called into question as 'cracks' are found
- 12/05/2006 - Cambridgeshire County Council could face compensation claims for residents living close to the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 12/05/2006 - Cambridgeshire County Council receives tenders to construct the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 12/05/2006 - Government clears the way to sell land for 10,000 new homes at Northstowe
- 16/07/2003 - Cambs County Council guideed busway public consultations are well attended
- 02/07/2003 - "Rapid Transit" costs keep going up and up
- 02/07/2003 - Cambs County Council launches three-week public consultation on their "Rapid Transit" proposals
- 05/06/2003 - LibDems move from tacit support to opposition for guided busway in Luton-Dunstable corridor
- 16/04/2003 - Cambridgeshire County Council presses on with guided busway plan
- 14/11/2002 - Isle of Wight "Island Line" saved from busway threat until 2007
- 14/11/2002 - Still no government funding approval for Luton-Dunstable scheme
- 07/10/2002 - Cambridgeshire Parish Councils submit scathing report about guided busway in Structure Plan consultation
- 07/10/2002 - River Cam widening scheme proposes to help widen railway line for running guided buses
- 30/09/2002 - Potential conflict over the use of dismantled Cambridge-Trumpington line
- 25/03/2002 - Cambridge 'superCAM' guided bus may be affected by lack of congestion charges
- 25/03/2002 - Cambridge 'superCAM' guided bus will "destroy wildlife habitat"
- 18/03/2002 - SuperCAM guided busway criticised by transport experts
- 21/02/2002 - Guided busway consortium announces dates for "superCAM" road show
- 16/02/2002 - County Councillor criticises Hunts Post "Boot out the Bus" campaign as "mis-guided"
- 06/02/2002 - Hunts Post newspaper keeps up campaign to "Boot out the [Guided] Bus"
- 18/01/2002 - SuperCAM guided busway consortium reveals more detailed plans for guided busway
- 07/01/2002 - Hunts Post newspaper launches campaign to "Boot out the bus"
- 07/01/2002 - Steer Davis Gleave report recommends moving bus operations to Cambridge railway station
- 20/12/2001 - Cambridge City council approve in principle guided busway on old Cambridge to Bedford line
- 20/12/2001 - Car drivers encroach on bus only route
- 26/10/2001 - Cambridgeshire County Council scrutiny committee minutes published
- 03/10/2001 - Lack of bus standardisation can lead to incompatibility chaos espeically on guided busways
- 07/07/2001 - Busway company to produce business plan for St.Ives railway line conversion to guided busway
- 07/07/2001 - Nancy experience of trolley buses is essential reading for Cambirdgeshire transport decision makers
- 02/05/2001 - Guided "trolleybus" in Nancy beset with delays, technical problems and accidents
- 02/05/2001 - Guided busway costs in Australia increased sharply
- 19/04/2001 - Contact details for Cambridge City Council planning officer dealing with CRTS guided busway proposal
- 15/03/2001 - Public exhibition dates announced for guided busway proposals for Trumpington to Cambridge
- 15/03/2001 - Television news reports
- 05/03/2001 - Exhibition dates for Cambridge bus rapid transit proposals
- 21/02/2001 - Plans submitted to build guided busway into Cambridge could scupper Addenbrooke's Hospital station
- 08/02/2001 - Guided Busway Discussion Paper based on Ipswich 'mini-busway' experience
- 08/02/2001 - Translink guided busway proposal on mothballed Luton-Dunstable railway is winning its battle against rail
- 07/11/1999 - Luton to Dunstable rail line threatened by guided busway
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