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- 04/04/2004 - Cambridgeshire Guided Busway construction work gathers pace
- 04/04/2004 - Cambs County Council expects district councils to ensure that guided buses run on time
- 13/01/2007 - Guided busway construction unstoppable as further tracklifting takes place
- 30/11/2006 - First stretches of track lifted as Cambridgeshire County Council acquires railway line
- 01/09/2006 - Cambs County Council starts land acquisition as CAST.IRON becomes a CGB-monitoring body
- 18/08/2006 - Agreements with bus operators revealed for Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 22/07/2006 - Government agrees to fund £92.5m of £116m guided busway - Cambs County Council votes to proceed
- 09/02/2006 - Cambridgeshire Guided Busway (CGB) given approval and now waiting for funding
- 09/11/2005 - No news on Cambridge Guided Bus approval as Scottish scheme closed for repairs again
- 19/09/2005 - Cambridgeshire County Council conduct intrusive work on St.Ives and Trumpington routes
- 19/09/2005 - Inspector submits guided busway inquiry report to Secretary of State but DfT keeps contents secret
- 13/07/2005 - £2.2m so far for guided busway - no, actually it's £3.1m - no, it's even more!
- 13/07/2005 - Cambs County post-election reorganisation sees new cabinet member in charge of transport
- 13/07/2005 - Inspector's report from Cambridgeshire Guided Busway public inquiry delayed to late-July
- 12/05/2005 - CAST.IRON appeals to members to renew membership to help it top up funds
- 12/05/2005 - CAST.IRON highlights near redundancy of guided busway once A14 widening is complete
- 12/05/2005 - Cambridgeshire County Council's costs for progressing guided busway are double anticipated amount
- 12/05/2005 - Election candidates criticise guided busway
- 04/04/2005 - Chesterton Junction is trespass and vandalism hotspot in East Anglia
- 04/04/2005 - Freedom of information act forces government to release independent assessment of guided busway
- 04/04/2005 - Windfarm supports prove Cambs County Council lie that supporters of busway wouldn't write letters
- 31/12/2004 - Guided bus public inquiry ends on time with just site visits remaining
- 25/11/2004 - Objector at Public Inquiry for Cambridgeshire Guided Busway claims County Council is "in contempt"
- 25/11/2004 - Rail Freight Group reiterates its opposition to guided busway
- 25/11/2004 - Train operator has still not reached agreement with County Council and remains objector to guided busway
- 25/10/2004 - Inspector shown revolutionary road-rail vehicle giving flexibility of bus but preserving railway
- 25/10/2004 - Public Inquiry for Cambridgeshire Guided Busway ploughs on
- 11/10/2004 - Cambridgeshire Guided Busway Inquiry cannot consider alternative route for busway
- 11/10/2004 - Public Inquiry opens for Cambridgeshire County Council's Guided Busway
- 23/09/2004 - Atkins Rail produces 74-page critique of CAST.IRON rail scheme for Cambridgeshire County Council
- 23/09/2004 - Cambridgeshire County Council votes to spend £3m on guided busway even though scheme may be refused
- 23/09/2004 - Cambridgeshire Guided Busway Inquiry extended by three weeks
- 15/09/2004 - CAST.IRON launches more merchandise to help fund fight against the guided busway
- 15/09/2004 - Guided busway supporter admits that buses will not be enough to tackle Cambridge congestion
- 15/09/2004 - Hunts Post newspaper announces its alternative to the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway
- 15/09/2004 - Richard Bowker confirms that SRA did not assess Cambridgeshire Guided Busway before offering support
- 03/08/2004 - Cambridgeshire Guided Busway public inquiry to look at the whole "project" not just the busway "scheme"
- 03/08/2004 - London Eastern Railway and Central Railways object to guided busway works around Cambridge Station
- 02/07/2004 - CAST.IRON not concerned by failure of Grand Central to obtain track access agreement
- 02/07/2004 - Cambridgeshire County Council continues its claim that rail reopening cannot happen
- 02/07/2004 - Cambridgeshire Guided Busway scheme had more objectors than almost any other TWA application
- 02/07/2004 - Cambridgeshire Guided Busway statements of case from applicant and CAST.IRON submitted
- 29/05/2004 - CAST.IRON learns that Cambridgeshire County Council acted to prevent vegetation clearance on St.Ives line
- 19/05/2004 - CAST.IRON organises trip for members to visit Wensleydale Railway
- 19/05/2004 - Cambridge City Council assumes guided bus is done deal when revising local transport plan
- 19/05/2004 - Liberal Democrats in Hunts call for referendum on the guided bus proposals
- 19/05/2004 - Save Our Station campaign sets up online donations facility to help save Histon Station
- 01/05/2004 - CAST.IRON produces analysis of guided busway showing massive amount of public subsidy required
- 01/05/2004 - Objections to the Guided Busway total 2729
- 01/05/2004 - Save Our Station campaign set-up to prevent Histon Station being demolished
- 24/03/2004 - CAST.IRON continues publicity drive to encourage objections to guided busway application
- 24/03/2004 - Could Laing Rail Projects Ltd's interest in Luton-Dunstable be replicated in Cambridge-St.Ives?
- 24/03/2004 - Guided busway objectors criticise scheme for impact on nature reserve near Swavesey
- 24/03/2004 - St.Ives Town council unanimously votes to object to the guided busway plan
- 06/03/2004 - CAST.IRON mount publicity drive to encourage objections to guided busway application
- 06/03/2004 - Cambridgeshire County Council submits guided busway application triggering objection period
- 06/03/2004 - Rail versus busway debate live on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
- 14/02/2004 - CAST.IRON reveals funding gap for the guided bus
- 14/02/2004 - County Council votes to submit TWA Order application to government for guided busway
- 04/02/2004 - County Council's cabinet decides to put guided bus to the vote
- 23/01/2004 - County Council keeps tight-lipped in preparation for guided busway submission.
- 16/01/2004 - CAST.IRON continues with publicity drive and meeting the public and businesses
- 16/01/2004 - CAST.IRON gets in-principle approval to professionally clear vegetation from a stretch of railway line
- 22/12/2003 - Government awards significant level of conditional funding for guided busway
- 11/12/2003 - Cambridge And St.Ives Railway Organisation (CAST.IRON) completes public meetings and reveals full scheme
- 11/12/2003 - Guided busway decision delayed yet again
- 11/12/2003 - Reports about line being severed from network points are premature
- 30/10/2003 - Cambridge And St.Ives Railway Organisation (CAST.IRON) commences series of public meetings
- 30/10/2003 - Cambridgeshire County Council pro-busway presentation in Huntingdon greeted with scepticism
- 30/10/2003 - Times article about light rail schemes being abandoned including one in Cambridge
- 10/10/2003 - Cambridge And St.Ives Railway Organisation (CAST.IRON) grows membership partly thanks to newspaper coverage
- 01/10/2003 - Cambridge And St.Ives Railway Organisation (CAST.IRON) gains more publicity
- 01/10/2003 - Cambridge And St.Ives Railway Organisation meets Cambs County Council to exchange views
- 01/10/2003 - Cambridge And St.Ives Railway Organisation wins over Cambridge member of parliament
- 01/10/2003 - Guided buses may cause congestion in Huntingdon according to councillors
- 17/09/2003 - CAST.IRON seeks alliances with various organisations
- 17/09/2003 - Cambridge And St.Ives Railway Organisation (CAST.IRON) wins first major victory
- 17/09/2003 - Cambridge And St.Ives Railway Organisation's publicity drive
- 17/09/2003 - Railfuture questions Cambridgeshire County Council's optimistic estimates of guided bus usage
- 14/08/2003 - Cambridge And St.Ives Railway Organisation (CAST.IRON) becomes fully constituted organisation
- 14/08/2003 - Cambridge Evening News covers busway in two-page spread that shows lack of public support
- 14/08/2003 - Hunts District Council cabinet votes to support guided busway plans - despite much anti-busway feeling
- 14/08/2003 - Railfuture involved in advising St.Ives Town Council on busway matters
- 29/07/2003 - Cambridge Labour Constituency Party to face anti-busway motion
- 29/07/2003 - Proposal to use the Cambridge to St.Ives line...for running trains!
- 29/07/2003 - Railfuture involved in advising St.Ives Town Council on busway matters
- 24/02/2003 - "OakingStanton" super-village backed by inspectors plus support for second new settlement at Waterbeach
- 13/02/2003 - Threat of super-sized bendy buses dismissed
- 04/11/2002 - Public meeting on 15th October is told "Accept the St.Ives line guided bus or you will get nothing"
- 21/09/2002 - Cambridge residents continue to oppose SuperCAM bendy buses
- 21/09/2002 - East of England Local Government Conference looks at transport, airports and housing expansion
- 21/09/2002 - Yet another British guided busway scheme hits the kerb
- 02/09/2002 - Histon Station building looking for new tenant
- 23/08/2002 - Cambridge residents dub guided bus 'Franken-Bus'
- 23/08/2002 - Cambridgeshire County Council guided busway is quite different from superCAM scheme in public consultations
- 23/08/2002 - Council for Protection of Rural England call for bendy-bus trail on streets before committing to busway
- 23/08/2002 - Debate in Huntingdon about merit of Alconbury Airport.
- 23/08/2002 - Plans for Cambridge 'Northern Fringe' development (beside St.Ives line) on show
- 23/08/2002 - SuperCAM promoters claim that 80% supported their scheme in public consultations
- 25/07/2002 - Cambridgeshire County Council completes six-month study of guided busway and comes out in favour!
- 24/06/2002 - Cambridgeshire County Council now looking at alternative SuperCAM route through city
- 24/06/2002 - SuperCAM consultants technical competence may be severely limited
- 05/06/2002 - SuperCAM consortium proceed with TWA application
- 06/05/2002 - CPRE raise questions about viability of St.Ives line busway
- 06/05/2002 - Nottingham ruled out "tram on tyres" busway in favour of proper tram system
- 06/05/2002 - Stephen Byers "excited" by St.Ives raiwlay line guided busway proposal
- 03/04/2002 - Deadline for submitting comments about 'superCAM' guided bendy-bus on railway route is Friday 5th April 2002
- 03/04/2002 - Freight train derails near Chesterton Junction
- 04/03/2002 - Friends of the Earth issues petition to reopen the St.Ives railway line
- 04/03/2002 - Hunts Post newspaper publishes two-page article by Nick Dibben
- 04/03/2002 - SuperCAM busway public exhibition opens
- 12/11/2001 - Railfuture writes to Anne Campbell MP following publication of minutes from Cambridge transport summit
- 12/11/2001 - Level crossing gate on Milton Road, Cambridge removed following damage by car
- 16/10/2001 - Cambridgeshire County Council scrutiny does not refer CHUMMS decision back to Cabinet
- 16/10/2001 - DTLR supports local authorities which support light rail
- 16/10/2001 - Major new housing development to be built near St.Ives railway line
- 16/10/2001 - Stansted-Peterborough line speed improvements might be better spent on St.Ives railway line
- 28/07/2001 - Article in Hunts Post by John Souter criticising guided busway plan for St.Ives line
- 28/07/2001 - Cambridge City Council unlikely to refuse planning permission for Trumpington guided busway
- 28/07/2001 - Cambridge guided busway companies join forces to promote Cambridge Area Metro
- 28/07/2001 - Huntingdon's Conservative MP holds public meetings to discuss A14
- 28/07/2001 - Public backlash against St.Ives line guided busway proposals continues
- 28/07/2001 - Railtrack board baffled by buswayi proposal for St.Ives line
- 28/07/2001 - Transport 2000 reaffirm commitment to Cambridge-St.Ives-Huntingdon rail route
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