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The Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit scheme is a project for rapid bus services in Greater Manchester, England to provide improved transport connections between Leigh, Atherton, Tyldesley, Ellenbrook and across Manchester city centre via Salford. The bus rapid transit scheme is promoted by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and scheduled to open in early 2016. A limited-stop bus service will run along a 7 km section of guided busway between Leigh and Ellenbrook, 6 km of bus lanes along the East Lancashire Road and reserved bus lanes through Manchester and Salford city centres and along Oxford Road. ==Background== Leigh is one of the largest towns in Britain without a railway station since the closure of the Tyldesley Loopline in 1969 and suffers from poor connections to neighbouring towns. The Leigh-Salford-Manchester busway was proposed to improve access to Manchester city centre from Leigh, Atherton, Tyldesley and Ellenbrook and regenerate areas of the former Lancashire Coalfield. A public inquiry was held in 2002 and the decision delayed because of great crested newts occupying a site on the route. The Department for Transport granted powers to build the busway in 2005 and it was projected to be built by 2009 but preliminary work only started in 2012. After the public inquiry, a branch bus route from Atherton to Tyldesley and an extension from Manchester city centre to the Central Manchester Hospitals were added to the scheme. Services on the 22-kilometre route will operate on a combination of off-road guided busway, segregated bus lanes and conventional roads using low-emission double-decker buses fitted with guide-wheels. TfGM estimate the busway will generate more than 1.5 million passenger journeys per annum and cut journey times between Leigh and Manchester to less than 50 minutes, saving 30 minutes at peak periods. The controversial proposal has encountered much local opposition. The busway was branded the 'Misguided Busway' by a Salford councillor. Critics contest claims by TfGM that the creation of within-carriageway bus lanes will not reduce general traffic capacity along the East Lancashire Road, a heavily congested radial route for traffic heading towards Manchester and Salford city centres, but instead increase it. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leigh-Salford-Manchester Bus Rapid Transit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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