58-586: Metrobus may refer to: Transport services [ edit ] Bus Rapid Transit [ edit ] MetroBus (Bristol) , a bus rapid transit system in Bristol, England, United Kingdom Metrobus (Buenos Aires) , a bus rapid transit system in Buenos Aires, Argentina Metrobus (Istanbul) , a public transit system in Istanbul, Turkey Metrobus (Lahore) ,
116-571: A bus model manufactured by Metro Cammell Weymann in the 1970s and 1980s See also [ edit ] Metro (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Metrobus . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metrobus&oldid=1213365420 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
174-576: A bus service in Washington DC, United States, and immediate suburbs in Maryland and Virginia Metrobus (South East England) bus operator with routes in parts of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, and Greater London Metrobus Transit , a public transit system in St John's, Newfoundland, Canada MetroMini , a minibus system is part of the public transport system of Jakarta, Indonesia. CapMetro Bus ,
232-403: A cap on fares. They suggested that the services would not be viable on a commercial basis. MetroBus had said in 2016 that public subsidy might be needed to attract an operator. In June 2017, it was announced that First West of England would run services on the first route to open – at that time expected to be the m2 from Long Ashton – and would not receive any public funding. In April 2018, it
290-519: A combination of segregated busways and bus lanes. A mixture of double-decker buses are used: lines m2 and m3 use Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC buses on diesel Scania N250UD chassis, while lines m1 and m4 use Alexander Dennis Enviro400 City buses on compressed natural gas -powered Scania N280UD chassis. All buses have two doors, one for boarding and one for exiting, to shorten stop times. There are five routes: The South Bristol Link section, between Long Ashton park & ride and Hengrove Park,
348-505: A full service on the morning of 22 November, with numerous buses saved by being driven out onto Farnborough Way and surrounding roads. As of November 2023, Stockwell garage operates routes 11 , 44 , 77 , 87 , 88 , 118 , 155 , 170 , 333 , 337 , 424 , 690 , G1 , N11 , N44 , N87 and N155 . Stockwell garage opened in 1952 as part of London Transport's tram replacement programme after nearly four years of planning and building, with many construction materials short of supply in
406-444: A pair of MCW Metrobus Mk2s, one of which was built with a Maxwell transmission while the other had a Cummins L10 transmission, three ECW -bodied Leyland Olympians , three Northern Counties -bodied Dennis Dominators and three Alexander -bodied Volvo Ailsas , the latter being the first front-engined buses delivered to London Transport since the last Routemasters were delivered in 1968. The trial ultimately concluded in favour of
464-783: A public rapid transit system in Lahore, Pakistan Métrobus (Quebec) , bus rapid transit service operated by the Réseau de transport de la Capitale in Quebec City, Canada Metrobus (Tegucigalpa) , a bus system under construction in Tegucigalpa, Honduras Mexico City Metrobús , a bus rapid transit system in Mexico City, Mexico Multan Metrobus , a public rapid transit system in Multan, Pakistan Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus ,
522-926: A public rapid transit system in Rawalpindi-Islamabad, Pakistan Los Angeles Metro Busway , a bus rapid transit system in Los Angeles, United States Metronit , a bus rapid transit system in Haifa, Israel Transmilenio , a bus rapid transit system in Bogotá, Colombia Conventional [ edit ] Los Angeles Metro Bus , the transit bus service of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority in Los Angeles County, California, United States Metrobus (Miami) ,
580-622: A public transit bus network in Austin, Texas, United States El Metropolitano , a public transit system in Lima, Perú Havana MetroBus , the principal bus network of Havana, Cuba Metro Tasmania a public bus service in Tasmania, Australia Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County , bus service in the Houston, Texas, United States Ticket [ edit ] Metrobús (ticket) ,
638-873: A result, the revised economic appraisal in 2014 projected significantly lower passenger numbers than the original appraisal in 2011. An addition to the North Fringe package was proposed in 2015. The Cribbs Patchway MetroBus Extension (CPME) will provide a more direct route from Bristol Parkway railway station to Cribbs Causeway, via housing developments at Filton Airfield . The scheme's promoters claimed in 2014 that it would reduce journey times by up to 75% between Long Ashton park & ride and Hengrove Park . In 2015, services were expected to begin in 2017, although this date subsequently slipped. The first route (m3) commenced on 29 May 2018. Route m2 commenced on 3 September 2018 and route m1 in January 2019. In 2018,
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#1732765036559696-436: A temporary base to house 19 buses was constructed at Sevenoaks next to the base of what was the independent Southlands Travel. On the evening of 21-22 November 2018, eleven buses were destroyed and several other buses were damaged in a fire that broke out at Orpington garage, requiring the callout of 60 London Fire Brigade firefighters to bring the fire under control. No injuries were reported and Orpington garage maintained
754-533: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages MetroBus (Bristol) MetroBus (stylised as metrobus ) is a bus rapid transit system in Bristol , England, created as a joint project between Bristol , North Somerset and South Gloucestershire councils. The first route, service m3, began operations on 29 May 2018, followed by m2 on 3 September 2018, m1 on 6 January 2019 and m4 on 22 January 2023. MetroBus
812-540: Is named after the London General Omnibus Company , the principal operator of buses in London between 1855 and 1933. In April 1989, London Buses was divided into 11 separate business units , one of which revived the London General Omnibus Company name as London General Transport Services; the new London General's original logo featured a representation of a LGOC B-type bus in reflection of
870-520: Is not currently operated as no operator will run services without a subsidy. It is anticipated that when a large housing development is built near the route, the service will become commercially viable. In central Bristol, The Centre was re-modelled and partly pedestrianised as part of the project. Many sections of the Metrobus routes also include a shared use path for multi-modal transport. The £200 million project started in 2006, developed by
928-645: Is part of a package of transport infrastructure improvements in the West of England which have been designed to help unlock economic growth, tackle poor public transport links in South Bristol, long bus journey times and high car use in the North Fringe of the city and M32 motorway corridor. The system uses "buy before you board" ticketing and the services have a reduced number of stops. MetroBus vehicles have priority over other traffic at junctions and use
986-605: Is to put routes out for tender, London General began a new five-year contract for all East Thames Buses routes without going through the tendering process. In March 2012, First London 's Northumberland Park garage was purchased by the Go-Ahead Group for £14 million and integrated into London Central's operations. On 1 April 2014, the London operations of Metrobus , based at two garages in Croydon and Orpington , were integrated into London General. On 25 April 2014,
1044-618: The Caterham area and the school, on behalf of Surrey County Council . Merton was, for many years, the largest of the London General Omnibus Company's garages and continued to boast high allocations in the early days of London Transport. The garage was modernised in 1960, and again in 1991 when a new roof was fitted and various stores and welfare areas were moved to provide a larger, unobstructed parking area, which had previously been long and narrow. Merton garage
1102-674: The Metropolitan (Perth) Passenger Transport Trust from 1995 until 2003 M-é-t-r-o-b-u-s, a bus and metro operator Tramway de Rouen in Rouen, France West Yorkshire Metro , passenger transport executive in West Yorkshire, England Other [ edit ] MAN Metrobus ( de ), a bus model manufactured by MAN and Krauss-Maffei (1959-1973), and under license as Ikarus MAN IK-5 by Ikarus Zemun (1972-1981), and Roman 112U by Autobuzul Bucharest (1974-1980) MCW Metrobus ,
1160-670: The Northumberland Park railway station and the Victoria Line depot, Northumberland Park bus garage was opened in 1991 to house the Walthamstow Citybus operation, a subsidiary of Capital Citybus formed when the operator acquired tenders for routes operated by the collapsed London Forest LRT business unit. Capital Citybus was bought out by a management team in late 1995, and subsequently by FirstGroup in 1998, becoming First Capital . In March 2012,
1218-597: The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency formally increased London General's licence to accommodate the Metrobus buses. London General operates nine bus garages. As of March 2024, Goat Road garage operates routes 80 (hybrid allocation only), 280 and 470 . Buses are regularly shared with Merton garage. Goat Road was opened on 25 March 2023 as a replacement for Waterside Way (PL) garage, acquired from East Thames Buses in 2009, with routes, staff and vehicles transferring from Waterside Way after London General's lease on
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#17327650365591276-489: The 1990s had an allocation of AEC Routemasters for route 11 . In June 2002, the Red Arrow Leyland Nationals were replaced by London's first fleet of Mercedes-Benz Citaro articulated buses. Because of the extra space required to stable these, the route 11 Routemasters were transferred to Stockwell garage. In September 2009 the articulated fleet was replaced by Mercedes-Benz O530 Citaros . In 2016,
1334-707: The A4174 required the replacement of the Church Lane bridge for pedestrians and horses, near Emersons Green . The concrete bridge was demolished in December 2015 and replaced with a steel truss bridge in June 2016. Also in June 2016, the M32 was closed to allow the installation of a bus-only bridge. Work on this westward extension of the A4174 began in summer 2015 and involved the construction of: The South Bristol Link Road
1392-761: The Ashton Vale to Temple Meads route. Works for the Ashton Vale to Temple Meads MetroBus route include: Work began on the Stoke Gifford Transport Link (SGTL) and Bradley Stoke Way in August 2015 as part of the North Fringe to Hengrove Package. The work includes the construction of new roads, widening the carriageway, a bus only junction on the M32 and the creation of new bus lanes on the A4174 , Coldharbour Lane, Stoke Lane and SGTL. The widening of
1450-484: The ECW-bodied Leyland Olympian, with London Transport taking delivery of a further 260 between 1986 and 1987. As of March 2024, Sutton garage operates routes 80 (electric allocation only), 93 , 151 , 154 , 213 and S2 . Opened by the London General Omnibus Company in January 1924 at cost of £30,000, Sutton garage had a capacity for 100 buses. During its early years, less than half of
1508-497: The FirstGroup sold Northumberland Park garage, together with its 13 Transport for London route contracts, fleet of 130 buses vehicles and around 400 staff members, to the Go-Ahead Group for £12 million, with the garage's operations integrated into London General. As of July 2023, Putney garage operates routes 14 , 22 , 39 , 74 , 209 , 265 , 378 , 430 , 533 , N22 , N74 and N97 . With its ancestry going back to
1566-755: The Madrid Metro and bus ticket Organisations [ edit ] King County Metro , the public transit authority of King County, Washington, United States Metro Bus Corporation, a Seoul bus operator Metrobus (London) a bus operator in London, England, operated by London General Metrobus (Malaysia) , a bus operator in the Klang Valley Metrobus (South East England) a bus operator in Surrey, Sussex and Kent in South East England MetroBus, trading name of
1624-593: The Merton bus garage. In August 2008, Go-Ahead's London bus operations all adopted the Go-Ahead London trading name, although the individual company names are still applied beneath the logo on most buses. In August 2009, Go-Ahead purchased East Thames Buses from Transport for London for £5 million, incorporating the business, consisting of two small bus garages, 133 buses and 460 employees, into London General. Although Transport for London's normal practice
1682-488: The United Kingdom to store their vehicles between services to and from the nearby Victoria Coach Station . In May 1993, London General announced it was closing Victoria garage due to the financial impact of the loss of routes at the garage. At the time, Victoria garage operated routes 11 , 22 , 52 , 344 , N11 and N19 with a fleet of 65 buses, having recently lost tenders for routes 19 and C2 . The garage
1740-497: The West of England Partnership, a partnership between South Gloucestershire , Bristol and North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset councils. Three routes were originally proposed: From its announcement, MetroBus (originally called 'BRT') proved controversial. In 2013 and 2014, incoming directly elected mayor George Ferguson decided to change the route of the Ashton Vale to Temple Meads service. Instead of travelling on
1798-400: The aftermath of World War II and problems rehousing residents of the houses that stood on the site. Stockwell garage is a Grade II listed building , and when built was a masterpiece of architectural design incorporating a new roof structure that did not need supports which enabled for a 73,350-square-foot (6,814 m ) unobstructed parking space. The offices and workshops are on the edges of
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1856-854: The ambition for future expansion of the MetroBus network to link Bristol city centre to Bath via Keynsham , Clevedon via Nailsea , Yate , Thornbury and Avonmouth ; along with an orbital service linking Emersons Green to South Bristol . A service in Weston-super-Mare is also proposed. In August 2021, Bristol City Council opened a consultation on extending the m1 route from Hengrove Park to Imperial Park via Hawkfield Road. The current MetroBus network has shown signs of bus rapid transit creep ; primarily not fully operating on dedicated bus lanes for much of its routes, operating in mixed road traffic and being subject to traffic jams. In an open letter published in January 2020, James Freeman,
1914-883: The bus network of Miami-Dade Transit in Miami, Florida, United States Metrobus (Montreal) , express feeder routes to the Montreal métro in Montréal, Québec, Canada Metrobus (Panama) , the massive bus system in Panama City, Panama MetroBus (St. Louis) , the bus system operated by the Bi-State Development Agency in St Louis, Missouri, United States Metrobus (Sydney) , a high frequency bus network in Sydney, Australia Metrobus (Washington, D.C.) ,
1972-540: The closure of Nunhead garage which increased the peak vehicle requirement of Stockwell to 110 buses. In the early 1970s, the Round London Sightseeing Tours moved to Stockwell. Between spring 1984 and August 1986, Stockwell operated a varied fleet of double-decker buses on route 170 as part of London Transport's Alternative Vehicle Evaluation comparative trial, aimed at finding a new standard double-decker bus type. The vehicles trialled included
2030-476: The garage but do not take up any of the parking spaces. In the first few days of operation, Stockwell garage ran just 11 buses on route 178 which had moved from Rye Lane (Peckham), but then gained more work from the next stage of the tram replacement programme for which it had been designed, but it was still well short of capacity. More work arrived in late 1953 and early 1954 when routes 77 and 77A (now 87) moved from Victoria garage due to recruitment problems, and
2088-461: The garage was converted to become fully electric, the first bus depot in Europe to do so. On 29 April 2023, routes 507 and 521 were withdrawn. London General previously had four bus garages - Mandela Way (MW), Waterside Way (PL) and Belvedere (BV). Mandela Way and Belvedere were included in the 2009 East Thames Buses purchase. In 2017, these bus garages were closed. Waterside Way (PL) garage
2146-578: The garage was put to use, holding only 40 buses by 1926. This would change somewhat by the extension of the Underground to Morden and major house-building projects in the area. Between 1945 and 1953, it had an allocation of exactly 100 relaxed-Utility Daimlers (classed as Ds) numbered from D182 - D281. By 1952, the garage had 128 buses allocated, achieved mainly by parking buses in surrounding streets. However, this would soon fall again, to 100 in 1966, 82 in 1976 and 62 in 1987. The garage passed to
2204-465: The horse bus days of the 1880s, Chelverton Road Garage was converted to a motor-bus garage in 1912. The garage is well hidden in a side road with a modest frontage, yet it has an allocation of 112. It has been modernised twice, firstly in 1935 and then again in 1985. The garage was well known for being allocated the pre-war RTs in 1940, which displaced the STLs. During the war the garage was under-utilised and
2262-560: The loss of 1.79 hectares of best and most versatile agricultural land ." The Ashton Vale to Temple Meads route was approved by the DfT in November 2013. The South Bristol Link part of the MetroBus scheme was approved in January 2015. By April 2016, construction had begun on the first three routes. Works for the fourth route began in February 2019. Construction started in early 2015 on
2320-548: The loss of 12 smallholdings, loss of long-held allotments, expansion into green belt land, and loss of Grade 1 soil and land at Feed Bristol, a community food-growing project. The scheme proposed mitigation for loss of allotments, soils etc but a report to the Development Control Committee for the meeting of 27 August 2014 stated: "Despite the proposed off-site mitigation, the NFHP scheme would result in
2378-492: The m3 route was intended to be extended at a later date from Emersons Green to Bristol Parkway, following works at the station to improve access for buses and other vehicles. This plan was superseded by the m4 route, between the City Centre and Cribbs Causeway via Bristol Parkway station, which commenced in January 2023. The estimated cost of the scheme initially was £200 million. The Ashton Vale to Temple Meads route
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2436-470: The morning services for route SL6 , the buses for this route are taken to this garage, where they are cleaned for the evening services. The garage only operates Monday to Friday due to its proximity to residential properties. The site was first used as a storage and servicing location for buses attending the Festival of Britain in 1951. The garage opened in the early 1980s as a Red Arrow garage and in
2494-634: The name's history. In November 1994, London General was sold in a management buyout for £28 million (equivalent to £72,042,000 in 2023), before being sold to the Go-Ahead Group for £46 million (equivalent to £115,566,000 in 2023) in May 1996. Having previously been based at London General House in Mitcham, Surrey, the company moved its offices to an address in Merton , adjacent to
2552-489: The north side of Bristol Harbour along Hotwell Road or along the south side of the harbour and over Prince Street Bridge , it would follow Cumberland Road and Redcliff Hill calling near Temple Meads station and travelling around the inner ring road before reaching the city centre. This change would have implications for potential patronage: as the city centre was projected to be the most frequent destination, journey times for most passengers were significantly lengthened. As
2610-442: The railway with a wider concrete bridge, began in 2019 and was largely complete in August 2022. Services on the m4 route began in January 2023. As of February 2017, an operator for MetroBus services had not been found. An operator should have been in place 12 months prior to commencement of services (planned for Spring 2017), but bus companies were reluctant to invest in new buses to meet the requirements for MetroBus, whilst having
2668-555: The reborn London General bus company in the run-up to privatisation in 1985. Sutton Garage also partly took control of route 200 at a yard in Colliers Wood (AA) in 1989, after Cityrama withdrew from their contract. Sutton was responsible for providing drivers for the service, whilst Merton garage were contracted to do the maintenance. By 1994, the garage allocation had grown to 85 buses and again to 92 in 2001. As of July 2023, Waterloo garage operates routes 153 and 214 . After
2726-462: The same place. As of August 2020, Orpington garage operates routes 126 , 138 , 162 , 208 , 227 , 233 , 320 , 352 , 353 , 354 , 358 , 654 , 664 , R1 , R2 , R3 , R4 , R5 , R6 , R7 , R8 , R9 , R10 and R11 . Formerly the site of Oak Farm, which was purchased, built upon and used as the base of the independent Orpington and District bus company until its collapse in February 1981, Orpington depot (also known as Green Street Green)
2784-448: The site expired. The depot uses the code 'GM', last used for the operator's Victoria garage on Gillingham Street. As of March 2024, Merton garage operates routes 57 , 131 , 152 , 157 , 163 , 164 , 200 , 219 , 413 , 485 and 493 . Some buses are regularly shared with Goat Road garage. This garage also runs the St. Bede's School private bus services 514 and 519, which run between
2842-571: The then managing director of First West of England, said services could not operate properly because buses were delayed by roadworks and congestion. He stated that the £230m of public money had been "largely wasted". London General London General Transport Services Limited , trading as Go-Ahead London , is a bus company operating in Greater London . The London General brand is a subsidiary of Go-Ahead London and operates services under contract to Transport for London . The company
2900-477: Was announced that the m1 route would be operated by Bristol Community Transport , under contract to First West of England, with the m2 and m3 services operated by First. HCT Group , the owners of Bristol Community Transport, announced at short notice in August 2022 that they would withdraw from the m1 service. First West of England took over the service after a two-day suspension. The West of England Combined Authority 's Joint Local Transport Plan has outlined
2958-675: Was completed and opened to traffic in early January 2017. The initial Metrobus network will not, however, run along the bus lanes of the Link Road, although the road is used by services between the city centre and Bristol Airport . A route to be known as 'm4', between the city centre and the Cribbs Causeway regional shopping centre, via Bristol Parkway and new housing built on the former Filton Airfield , began to be designed in 2014. Work to add short stretches of bus lane to existing roads, and replace Gipsy Patch Lane Bridge under
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#17327650365593016-434: Was estimated to be £102 million, with DfT contributing £51 million, £30.5 million from South Gloucestershire Council and £20.5 million from Bristol City Council. In 2016 estimated costs had increased to £216 million, and in 2017 to £230 million. MetroBus faced opposition from environmental groups who claimed the new bus-only junction over the M32 (North Fringe to Hengrove section) would mean
3074-628: Was for many years the only garage for all of Metrobus ' London tendered routes since the award of route 61 in 1986. The garage expanded during this period when Metrobus purchased their neighbours, Jasons Coaches. Orpington garage was one of eventually two Metrobus garages included in the sale of Metrobus to the Go-Ahead Group in September 1999, although the Metrobus brand was retained as a separate identity to London General. During mid-2005 major reconstruction started at Green Street Green to make improvements and provide an expansion. During these works,
3132-409: Was opened by Metrobus in December 2005 to house route 127 which had been surrendered early by Centra. Work was completed on the garage buildings in February 2006. This garage took over the London routes that ran from Godstone with the exception of the 146 and 246 which moved to Orpington. In April 2014, Go-Ahead London took over this garage (and Orpington) from Metrobus, however the garages are still in
3190-633: Was responsible for the maintenance of vehicles for route 200 between 1988 and 1989 after the withdrawal of the Cityrama sightseeing company, whilst the route was operated from Sutton garage. The garage has become Go-Ahead London 's head office, following the sale of Raleigh House, Mitcham and the acquisition of the former pub ( King's Head, Merton ) next door. As of August 2024, Northumberland Park garage operates routes 67 , 91 , 106 , 184 , 212 , 230 , 232 , 299 , 357 , 389 , 399 , 444 , 456 , 476 , 657 , N91 and W15 . Located adjacent to
3248-564: Was temporarily closed from 25 March 2023 to 28 June 2023, but re-opened only for the commercial bus fleet and the University of Roehampton bus fleet. Victoria bus garage, located on Gillingham Street, opened in March 1940. As well as being used for regular bus services by London Transport and successor London General, serving as the only bus garage in central London, Victoria garage was also used by several express coach operators from across
3306-575: Was used to store de-licensed buses. Renamed Putney, in 1963, after the closure of Putney Bridge Garage (F), it started to receive both short and long wheelbase AEC Routemasters for its Central London routes. The Routemasters remained at the garage until July 2005, when both the 14 and 22 were converted to low floor one-person-operated buses. As of March 2024, Croydon garage operates routes 119 , 127 , 264 , 359 , 403 , 434 , 439 , 450 , 463 , 633 , 663 , S1 and SL7 . Some drivers for route 157 are based at this garage. The Beddington Lane depot
3364-548: Was £49.6 million, of which the Department for Transport (DfT) would contribute £34.5 million. DfT would contribute £27.6 million, more than half of the total cost, to the South Bristol Link Road scheme which extends the A4174 ring road, with Bristol City Council contributing £8.4 million and North Somerset Council £5.3 million. The cost of the North Fringe to Hengrove package
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