Stagecoach East blames Cambridge congestion for busway timetable changes - and calls for more to be done

A bus operator has called for more to be done to tackle congestion after it says it was forced to adjust its busway timetables to get through the traffic in Cambridge.

There will be timetable changes at peak times to busway service B as a result - and service A will travel to St Ives via Park Terrace instead of Gonville Place.

In St Ives, it will no longer serve the Industrial Estate and will instead start and finish at the first and last stops on Marley Road. Off-peak, the frequency of the A Service to and from Marley Road will now be every 30 minutes.

For service 5, the 5.30pm trip from Cambridge will now terminate at Longstanton. The changes will come into effect Sunday, 20 April.

Ross Barton, operations director at Stagecoach East, said: “We only ever make changes to our timetables after considering every option, but the fact is that congestion in and out of Cambridge means that our buses just cannot meet the times set on existing timetables.

“We know what an important artery the busway is for people needing to travel into Cambridge, so I would call on everyone concerned with our local roads to continue to work together to avoid delays.

“We live and operate in a dynamic, forward-looking city, and the busway is an essential part of that, so we need to make sure that buses are able to get through.”