THE safety of Cambridgeshire's guided busway has been questioned after a three-bus shunt on a similar system injured six people.
The pile-up on Edinburgh's Fastlink network happened when a single-decker bus crashed into the back of a slowing-down double-decker, which was then jolted into a stationary single-decker in front. The six people suffering cuts and whiplash included the driver of the bus at the back of the smash.
Scottish police are still looking into whether human error or a fault with the busway was to blame, but opponents of the £116 million Cambridgeshire scheme have seized the opportunity to debate its safety.
Tim Phillips, chairman of campaign group Cast Iron, which wanted to see the St Ives to Cambridge train line reopened, said: "We consider the Edinburgh incident to be an indicator of the sort of collision that could not occur on a railway.
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The pile-up on Edinburgh's Fastlink network happened when a single-decker bus crashed into the back of a slowing-down double-decker, which was then jolted into a stationary single-decker in front. The six people suffering cuts and whiplash included the driver of the bus at the back of the smash.
Scottish police are still looking into whether human error or a fault with the busway was to blame, but opponents of the £116 million Cambridgeshire scheme have seized the opportunity to debate its safety.
Tim Phillips, chairman of campaign group Cast Iron, which wanted to see the St Ives to Cambridge train line reopened, said: "We consider the Edinburgh incident to be an indicator of the sort of collision that could not occur on a railway.
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