I didn't live in London then, so it seems I've missed my chance to
travel on this optically guided bus route. I can't find any posts
mourning its passing, so am I right to assume the Railway Inspectorate
never approved the Alstom (!) guidance system and it ran unguided
until its end? I've found this news story:
http://ivsource.net/archivep/2000/se...enniumbus.html

What remains of it? Infrastructure, vehicles, incorporation into
another route?

Thanks,
Dominic

(Dominic) wrote in message . com...
I didn't live in London then, so it seems I've missed my chance to
travel on this optically guided bus route. I can't find any posts
mourning its passing, so am I right to assume the Railway Inspectorate
never approved the Alstom (!) guidance system and it ran unguided
until its end? I've found this news story:
http://ivsource.net/archivep/2000/se...enniumbus.html

What remains of it? Infrastructure, vehicles, incorporation into
another route?

AFAIK the busway was never used. It's still there (running between
North Greenwich and somewhere near Charlton Sainsbury's) and actually
marked on A-Zs. It doesn't look any different to an ordinary bus lane
(i.e. dark red road surface).

The vehicles are now on (I think) the 422 and 486 feeder routes to
North Greenwich tube, so you can still experience that part of it.
They are some sort of DAF with (the first ever) East Lancs Myllennium
bodies and "ultra-modern" non-standard interiors (which now look
pretty tired).

HTH