Cambridge to Trumpington/ Addenbrookes Railway

Part Two....
See the second old railway line destined to be used by the planned guided busway. The old Oxford to Cambridge railway branched off from Cambridge station, past Trumpington towards Potton and Sandy. (Trumpington never actually had a station on this line.)
The film shows the old route as far as Trumpington Park and Ride.(the planned busway terminus. The track long since gone has given way to marsh like conditions in some places.
A planned spur will take the guided bus over the railway on a new bridge to Addenbrookes Hospital. Shown at the end of the film.
Years ago there were plans for a railway station at Addenbrookes, with all the benefits that would bring. Extra track capacity could have been provided by using the old Oxford to Cambridge railway. The guided bus will 'put pay to that'. The guided bus will encourage more housing in the fields shown on the film. With the houses will come more traffic.
Lastly the guided bus will effectively stop the chance of the two great university cities of Oxford and Cambridge ever being linked by rail again!
When asked most people don't want the guided bus.

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[Tudwud]

No doubt a similar "cost benefit analysis" conducted by Marples and then Beeching back in the sixties. When I worked in Cambridge station, one of the most popular tickets requested was to Oxford, not Trumpington!

[NODDINGCAT]

@Tudwud

You could never get a train to Trumpington, it never had a station.

You must have worked at Cambridge station some time ago, I'm surprised you've learnt how to use a computer.

There is talk of reopening the Oxford to Cambridge line. albeit on a different route.

[theroyalshow]

Most of you are retards.The busway is far CHEAPER and more FLEXIBLE then light of heavy rail.That's why it's being built.Something called cost benefit analysis.

[NODDINGCAT]

only a 'retard' would know that!

[NODDINGCAT]

Agreed the Trumpington section stand very little chance of becomming much, so the bus aint that bad I suspect, but it will encourage more housing, and with that will come more cars, so you could still say it's not a good idea.

[NODDINGCAT]

Since when has a 'bus' been modern?

I ask you this....

Thanks or watching!

[gallafey]

I prefere Trams & Trans to buses for puplic transport when not using a car, in Leigh one of many towns without a station, there has talked about a (mis)guided bus for years since 1998, I think busways are just big white elephant, if the govermant think is going make people give thair car then they're wrong Leigh has the worst public transport systam building a Busway cost the same as a tramway or railway if they cant find the money for trains & trams then is it they find it stupid things

[Bignadim]

Definately Railway not buses!!! Very least trams

[soundnicetome]

It is purely a cheap and nasty idea,because most of the decisions are made by people who just do not like railways period.In this day and age any proposed route cross country would be doubtful...too many obstructions etc.This country still never learns from experience.Any transport decision only go ahead for one reason PROFIT This has been the excuse for many years,and seen some of our finest routes closed purely on that basis,and not what communities have wanted

[TheScotty9646]

@chloe11987 / But with a train it a lot quicker than a bus, getting to Oxford you have to take a train down to London Kings Cross and then take the London underground train to Euston station for an connecting train to Oxford or you could take a 3 hour coach trip from Cambridge to Oxford. If a bus breakdown, you are still going to have delays. What if a bus breakdown in the middle of the track, Where are the diverted exit especally when the bus is no where near the main road.

[TheScotty9646]

With the missing link to Oxford from Cambridge. Hertfordshire county council are supporting plans for a Rail link from Stevenage to Luton to go through to stations including Bedford. Once in Bedfordshire, trains would go through to stations such as Oxford, Reading and Swindon under the plans. This was reported on the BBC Look East website a couple months ago.

[TheScotty9646]

@chloe11987, since i posted my comment a year ago i was centurytv in which i'm now rename my youtube account. So no you have no right to tell me to shut up.

[TheScotty9646]

@chloe11987 / You talk about eco friendly and buses being cleaner and safer. But most trains run now a days on electricty and also network rail have started putting up high metal fences to stop kids trace passing on the railways. So what your choice? a four hour trip to Oxford by coach or a journey to Oxford via London by train So how dare you call me an idiot, You have no right.

[maplen1]

not one person in Cambridge want a guided busway, complete waste of funds. For the amount of money spent and time used we could have had a railway up and running, link through to East Coast at Huntingdon, Line reopened to Haverhill (def. needs a rail link) and taken a lot of traffic of the A14 (never be upgraded), oh and a freight link through to Alconbury.

[Tudwud]

@NODDINGCAT

I know there was no station in Trumpington - I was being being metaphorical. I worked in Cambridge in 1991-2 and have had a computer of one sort or another since 1983. I know they are looking at reopening the route but it will be difficult at the Cambridge end but easier from Sandy