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Is Public Transport Policy off the rails?
The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway being built on the track bed of the old Cambridge - St Ives railway has cemented Cambridgeshire County Council in opposition to popular public opinion, including CAST.IRON who wanted to reinstate the railway |
Media news reports and interviews - all in glorious
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| New! | 1st May 2008 | Guideway damage - Tim Phillips comments to Andie Harper, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire |  (4MB) |
| April 2008 | Concrete guideway cracks found | Pics! | |
| March 2006 | Sign the 10 Downing Street E-Petition: Scrap the Guided Bus! | ||
| 20th Nov 2006 | Pictures of line removal operations | ||
| 21st Dec 2005 | Aftershock - Tim Phillips interviewed in studio by Steve Riches, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire | (4MB) |
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| ???? | Guided Bus Plans Approved Shock - Tim Phillips interviewed by Steve Riches, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire |
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| 1st July 2004 | Guided Bus plans supported in leaked SRA letter - Tim Phillips | (2MB) |
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| 1st July 2004 | Guided Bus plans supported in leaked SRA letter - Cclr Johnstone | (2MB) |
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| 2nd April 2004 | No we didn't mislead public! Part 2 | (6MB) |
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| 2nd April 2004 | No we didn't mislead public! - Tim Phillips with Steve Riches, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Part 1 | (4MB) |
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| 1st April 2004 | Star 107 News Report: CAST.IRON misled the public! | |
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| 12th March 2004 | This appeared on the web - MC Shona Presents: The Wheels On The Bus | ||
| 21st Feb 2004 | TWA plans "very detailed" according to Cllr Johnstone: "One bit that sticks in my mind was a line from the environmental assessment part of it which said: 'A small mammal was heard eating'..." (no longer available) | CEN
or Badgers? |
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| 13th Feb 2004 | Shona Johnstone and Tim Phillips head to head BBC Radio studio debate Part 1 Part 2 News report Part3 |
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| 13th Feb 2004 | Bedfordshire Translink Abandoned. Translink £90m 'an obscene amount for a white elephant' | Luton Today | |
| 11th Feb 2004 | CEN report that £32.5 million will be have to be borrowed by the council from the Government | CEN | |
| 10th Feb 2004 | Guided Bus Approved - BBC News bulletins Longer piece by Stuart Ratcliffe News bulletins: First (confused) Second Third |
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| 11th Feb | Follow up reports on Star 107 | (Short)(Long)
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| 9th Feb 2004 | Cllr Johnstone's reposte "Absolute Rubbish" | (8.6MB) |
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| 9th Feb 2004 | Tim Phillips answers BBC Cambridgeshire listeners questions | (10.3MB) |
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| 9th Feb 2004 | CAST.IRON's bus budget bombshell: Government grant for guided bus is not £65 million but £32.5million - read the small print | CI Press Release | |
| 18th Dec 2003 | Government Funding pledge announced: BBC interviews with Tony McNulty & Cllr Johnstone | (4.2MB) |
Download the Inspectors report: MGB Report (Word doc) MGB Report (pdf)
Links (subject to availability):
CCC Proposals CAST.IRON CAST.IRON Statement of Case Cambrail
Online Petition RAGBUS Save Our Station History of the line Scrap the Guided Bus - Downing Street Poll
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