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Local News Coverage - 2008-2011

    Post-guided bus journey to Addenbrooke's now takes two hours
    Car driver stuck on busway says 'sun was in my eyes'
    Guided busway's 'green building' opens doors
    Good news for cyclists as Guided Bus maintenance track completed
    Double-deckers could have made Guided Bus bigger success
    £75k bill for guided busway snow plough
    Woman arrested after driving car onto guided busway
    Guided Bus could provide a faster link between Peterborough and Cambridge
    Guided bus breaks down amid Cambridge's rush hour
    Busway runners angry at cyclists
    Car park could be built next to village guided bus stop after all
    Guided bus 'a success' as more use it than expected
    Censure for busway driver after bike crash
    How guided busway bill could hit £200m
    Use common sense, busway cyclists told
    Bike is crushed by guided bus after cyclist rides along track
    Two cars driven onto guided busway in one day
    We are forced off guided bus by college students say workers
    Ride the market: A new Busway could boost prices near Cambridge
    Busway journeys top 220 000
    £55 million guided bus court battle launched
    Guided Bus? It's a major expedition just to reach it
    Guided buses prove so popular that Stagecoach may buy more vehicles
    Car thieves take stolen vehicle for a spin - along guided busway
    Love it or loathe it - the Guided Bus divides opinion in Huntingdon and St Ives
    Extra buses to meet demand on guideway
    Guided busway bosses' delight as nearly 56000 trips made in first week
    Busway clocks up more than 20000 trips
    Guided busway consultants' fee triples to £9.6m
    Revealed: results of race between guided bus, car and bike
    Guided busway ticket machine problems 'now fixed'
    More than 2000 on Cambs busway on first day
    Passenger reaction to the guided bus service
    Guided bus scheme opens
    Smooth ride calmed my fears
    Guided busway bosses prepared for terrorist attack
    Guided busway timetables
    'Settle £64m guided bus legal battle out of court'
    Shona gets back in the driving seat
    Council goes to court to get guided busway money back
    World's most epic battle? The Guided Bus races an old Volkswagen
    Emergency teams reach sick cyclist via guided busway
    A14 proposals on hold until busway is open
    Rush to end repairs to guided bus car park
    A cyclist hit by a guided bus suffered serious injuries
    Cambridgeshire guided bus test runs to start
    Video: Thousands of tiny toads killed on the guided busway
    Video: Guided bus breakdown 'no problem'
    Other busways still on course despite blunders
    Prepare to be wowed by guided busway say transport chiefs
    Guided busway legal battle 'could cost £6.5 million'
    Hard surface for length of guided busway cycle path
    Work starts to raise guided bus cycleway as new dispute group formed
    City residents given extra guided busway boost
    Opening date fails to lift gloom over guided busway
    August 7 opening date announced for guided busway
    New opening date set for Cambs guided bus
    Legal notice opens battle of the busway
    Busway defect repairs could result in August opening
    Cambs guided busway - trespassers warned of safety risks
    Guided busway cycleway construction to start next week
    Guided bus cost 'may hit £187m'
    Cambs guided busway could open in August
    Troubled Cambridgeshire busway handed over to council
    Guided bus finally handed over
    New busway safety checks needed after blunder
    Why are staff employed on guided bus?
    Guided busway paperwork 'could be finished by Friday'
    Julain Huppert's Parliament support for Chesteron station
    Guided busway 'progress report' sparks laughter from public gallery
    You could waste away waiting for guided bus
    All in this together? Not according to our local councils
    Council anger over further busway delays
    Cambs guided busway still unlikely before October
    Council still awaiting busway certificates from contractor
    Busway delays cost contractors £10 million
    Builders of busway 'may be obstructing progress'
    Rail could be Cambs A14 option
    Council chief steps in as more guided busway deadlines missed
    Hand over final guided busway paperwork, council tells contractor
    Loony plan for rubber bus line stretching to Jersey
    Chink of light at end of busway
    One in 10 busway track joints could be faulty
    Motorists see red as lights for guided bus stop the traffic
    Guided bus - not before July
    Guided bus may start running this summer
    Cambridgeshire's guided busway checks are being carried out
    New firm chosen to fix defects on guided busway
    Good news for the guided bus - at last
    Video: Busway turns out to be smooth operator
    Guided bus signal trials a success
    Cambridge guided busway checked amid row over delays
    Guided buses to run on busway...but only for testing
    Cambridge guided bus cost tops £180m - 'give us back our £45m' council demands
    Busway bosses ready to ditch BAM Nuttall
    Guided bus - we missed out on a penalty clause
    Guided bus: Highlights of the BBC Cambridgeshire debate
    Cost of guided busway climbs to £181 million
    Operator Stagecoach 'may pull out of Cambridge busway'
    Guided bus fleet is gathering dust
    Guided busway overspend tops £50m
    The stop zone where kissing can start
    Guided busway firm told again to fix faults
    Cambridge busway debacle
    Guided bus: Operators concerned over spiralling costs
    Guided bus: Making use of the unused tracks
    The guided busway contractor BAM Nuttall speaks out
    Guided busway could have opened a year ago - contractor
    Southern busway just 'days away' from being ready
    Shortcut bid for guided bus 'unacceptable'
    No progress means more waiting for Cambs Guided Bus
    Busway stops for Christmas break
    Final beam is laid on guided busway
    More problems could emerge for guided bus
    Council starts own guided busway inspections
    St Ives-Cambridge guided busway: independent inquiry promised as further delay revealed
    Independent review of guided busway announced
    Letter: St Ives-Cambridge guided busway - what is Plan B on cost overrun?
    Now it's south section of guided busway in trouble
    Exasperated Cambs councillors face new guided busway delay
    Guided busway: Cambs v Manchester
    St Ives to Cambridge guided bus firm faces £45m bill
    £76m Leigh Guided Busway on hold over cost fears (after visiting Cambridge)
    Guided busway to open 'next spring'
    Council will finish off work on guided busway
    'Mr Busway' hopes he's on track for by-election victory
    Key part of long-overdue busway is finished early
    St Ives-Cambridge guided busway - still no progress on defects
    Busway bosses plan for emergency vehicles to use track
    MP brands busway 'a white elephant'
    MP leads debate on how to give city better transport
    Stalled busway praised as engineer takes ride
    Beleaguered busway opens its first branch line
    Bid to find money for new station
    St Ives-Cambridge Guided Bus: May open in December
    Council could be forced to finish guided busway work
    Stagecoach threatens to run fewer services due to delays
    Growing fears that guided buses won't run until 2011
    Still no defect work completed on Guided Bus
    Councillors slam inept guided bus contractors
    Review planned into what went wrong with busway
    Council full steam ahead on £22m station plans
    Cambridge busway firm 'fined' 6m for delays
    More anger after latest report into busway delay
    Guided busway boss will deliver conference speech
    St Ives to Cambridge Guided Busway soil testing moves on to next step
    Getting cash from BAM Nuttall 'may be difficult'
    MP calls for inquiry over guided bus 'fiasco'
    Anger over lack of progress on busway repairs
    Probe into guided bus is rejected
    Cambridge busway contractor misses deadline for repairs
    No opening date for guided bus until "at least July"
    Long wait for bus gets even longer as deadlines pass
    Flood water set to shrink guided bus cycle track
    St Ives to Cambridge guided busway defects checklist update
    Cambridge guided busway's track base to be checked
    More guided busway delays
    Problem jobs on busway to be finished by mid-June
    Transport bosses miss deadline to name date for guided busway
    Jurassic park and ride plan for guided busway
    Little Progress Made On Correcting Defects On The St Ives To Cambridge Guided Busway
    Constructors give talk on 'how to build busway'
    Date for opening expected after busway 'progress'
    Cambridge Guided Bus was a "bad idea from the start" say Lib Dems
    Contractor attacks council over guided bus criticism
    Dismay over paralysed guided busway
    Council blames contractor for guided bus delay
    Let's have real rail says Norman (CGB used as argument against Leigh busway)
    Transport bosses take out loans to pay for guideway
    Photos of Edinburgh Guided Busway being converted to a tramway (page 3)
    Bus slogan drives home anger over guideway delays
    Cambridge to St Ives guided busway stand-off continues
    Guided bus delays spark anger
    Guided bus chief flies Down Under to see busway in action
    Operators hit out at costly hold-ups to guided busway
    £14000-a-day penalty charge for contractors
    Guided bus art costs £100000
    Guided busway path hit by freezing floods
    Parties meet but no date for busway yet
    No deadline set for Cambridge guided busway completion
    Guided busway bad weather fears
    Council spend £23000 on artwork for over-budget busway
    Guided busway road sign blunder (and Christmas satire)
    Millions at stake after latest busway wrangle
    Well at least someone is using the guided busway...
    Guided bus 'millions of pounds over budget'
    Further delay for St Ives-Cambridge busway as company insists on festive break
    Lights blazing
    Hurdles on the route to getting bus in service
    New dispute over claims that busway viaduct is 'unsound'
    Where will the bus go from here?
    Claims guided busway is faulty
    St Ives-Cambridge guided bus set for further delay
    Opening of guided bus halted by yet another delay
    CEN poll: Are you looking forward to the Guided bus?
    But you could always get on your bike...
    Another deadline missed on the St Ives-Cambridge guided busway
    Will guided busway be ready in time?
    Misguided and Bust
    Clock ticking as slabs block St Ives-Cambridge guided busway
    Come on mate. You could get a bus through there...
    St Ives-Cambridge guided busway road crossing 'dangerous'
    Route for guided bus 'waste of time and cash'
    Anger rises as more bus cuts are flagged
    Scooters the latest to invade busway
    Villagers hit by cuts in buses 'forced to drive'
    Kissing goodbye to 'kiss and ride' annoys villagers
    Cambridge to St Ives guided bus journeys will be no quicker
    Guided buses 'will start in November'
    St Ives to Cambridge guided busway to cost millions more
    Busway guides teen burglars to victim
    Council blasted after SIXTY signposts and signs are put up around ONE bus stop
    Forest of aluminium drives us up the pole
    St Ives to Cambridge guided bus ticketing delay
    Track 'cracks are not a problem'
    Safety fears as truck is stuck on guideway
    Cow breaks onto guided bus
    Further delays for guided busway
    Guided bus is delayed yet again
    GUIDED BUS: The list of tasks still needed before service can begin
    Delayed again? No date set for opening of Guided Bus
    St Ives rail line costs wrong - campaigners
    Axed rail lines may get back on track
    Driver's guided busway stunt
    After guided busways - guided truckways!
    Blue is still the colour but Bradney is derailed
    Cyclists make tracks along guided busway
    Public barred from guided bus debate
    Toads 'massacred' on guided busway
    'Minor fault' stops guided bus in its tracks
    Council in peace deal over busway
    Guided bus firm locks horns over new contractor
    Criminals use guided bus as secret escape route
    Concern raised over flood risk to busway
    Guided bus pair put on rack over key meeting
    Guided bus launch delayed until end of summer
    Guided buses to miss out city stops
    Fears guided bus £6 million over budget
    New money crisis hits guided buses
    Financial problems for guided bus scheme
    Work on busway junction begins
    'Sabotage' at guided bus sites
    Guided bus route traffic chaos ends early
    On-street guided bus link scrapped
    Chiefs fume over claims bus will add to pollution
    Death-trap roadworks safety plan
    Lib Dems slam £500000 bill for guided bus stops
    Busway works to cause more chaos
    Works for busway to close road
    Busway flooded with food waste
    Busway begins rest of its journey westwards
    Roadworks cause misery for pupils
    Residents set for road chaos amid guided bus works
    Protests ignored - so Jackie parks on track
    Busway passes milestone
    Bridge set to reopen at last
    Damaged lorry stops busway
    Up and down ride of the guided busway!
    Fears over safety of guided busway
    Bridge work driving motorists to despair
    Bridge is even longer on road to nowhere
    Alert over risk at guided bus sites
    Chaos on main road starts - and it'll last for 10 months
    'Irritating' cracks in guideway
    Homes built on guided bus land
    Businesses fume over delays in bus project
    Buses use guided system for first time
    Guided bus trials poised to begin
    Protests over busway work
    Busway immigrants 'embarrassing'

Older Local News Coverage - 2004

    CEN September 8 2004

    CEN September 8 2004

    CEN August 31 2004

    Hunts Post February 11 2004 - article 2

    Hunts Post February 11 2004 - article 1

    Cambridge Evening News February 9 2004

    Hunts Post February 5 2004 - article 1

    Hunts Post February 5 2004 - article 2

    Hunts Post February 5 2004 - article 3

    Cambridge Evening News January 23 2004

Local News Coverage - 2003

    Hunts Post December 22 2003

    Hunts Post December 18 2003

    Hunts Post December 11 2003

    Cambridge Evening News December 5 2003

    Hunts Post December 4 2003

    Cambridge Evening News November 27 2003

    Cambridge Evening News November 18 2003

    Cambridge Town Crier November 14 2003

    Hunts Post November 5 2003

    Cambridge Evening News October 31 2003

    IndyMedia October 27 2003

    Hunts Post October 22 2003

    Indymedia October 10 2003

    Cambridge Evening News October 10 2003

    Cambridge Evening News October 09 2003

    Hunts Post October 08 2003 - article 2

    Hunts Post October 08 2003 - article 1

    Cambridge Evening News September 30 2003

    Hunts Post September 24 2003

    Hunts Post September 17 2003

    Cambridge Evening News September 17 2003 - article 2

    Cambridge Evening News September 17 2003 - article 1

    Cambridge Evening News September 2 2003

    Hunts Post July 2003


Letters in the press

The Cambridge News Online letters page has more letters from local people and a search of the archives using the phrase 'St Ives Rail' will return most of the correspondence relating to CAST.IRON.

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