Howardh
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And the new bus station is still some distance from the station, a good 3 minute walk across the bridge!Can you a name county in the south east that doesn’t have a least one if not two of the following, train, tram or underground line between its three largest towns? Why should we put up with it Imagine the tube in London without it’s circular lines.
Try commuting to Bury regularly by bus. Most mornings it takes an hour and a half sometimes two hours on the two buses I catch from Bolton. The distance is less than nine miles door to door. The odd morning it goes as it should then you’ve an hour to kill.
The new bus station is smaller than the old one, can’t cope with the volume of buses and is a waste of money.
I would love to have the old Bolton- Bury rail line back, but to me there's now too much in the way, new builds would have to be demoloshed as well as businesses around Burnden to get the train into Trinity Street, so i think heavy rail is out of the question. A tram could street-run from Burnden to the town centre and along other parts too, but would be winding around the new builds if not demolished.
So to me the ideal solution is a dedicated bus route along as much of the old path as possible, and road-running where it isn't, so from Manchester Road, over the bridge at Burnden, and road-run where necessary but use as much of the old pathway as possible. Might be the cheapest option too.