{"id":2983,"date":"2023-07-20T01:30:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T01:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/m1-m3-m4-via-m32-and-el1\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T01:30:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T01:30:28","slug":"m1-m3-m4-via-m32-and-el1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/m1-m3-m4-via-m32-and-el1\/","title":{"rendered":"M1, M3, M4 Via M32 And EL1"},"content":{"rendered":"
It Seemed A Good Idea At The Time<\/span><\/p>\n The concept of disgorging M32 traffic right into the centre of Bristol …<\/p>\n … and much of it is the centre lane. Riding into town on these routes is impressive whilst outbound is usually quite clear, even at busy times.<\/p><\/div>\n The Metrobuses have their own M32 junction which is very impressive.<\/p>\n This exit leads to a stop for gardeners of the allotments! There is a path through from nearby housing …<\/p>\n … bit it doesn’t say “To The Metrobus” so you would have to know<\/span>!<\/p><\/div>\n … to join the M32. This is how the buses get to\/from UWE.<\/p><\/div>\n …and once across the A4174 …<\/p>\n … most of the roads have been built with space for widening – ideal room for the tram tracks. Or there are green verges which could easily become attractive green tram tracks.<\/p><\/div>\n Maybe Mayor Marvin should abandon his pipe-dreaming Underground trains; get out his abacus, slide rule and comptometer and have a guess at the cost of turning the Metrobus routes into trams.<\/p><\/div>\n Of course, when fbb travelled on the EL1 (12 years ago) it ran from Barking to Dagenham Dock …<\/p>\n … and was operated by buses that were definitely not “all red”.<\/p>\n But the Stagecoach EL1 is very much “oop noorth” because it serves Edge Hill University,<\/p><\/div>\n So below, c\/o Google Earth, is an aerial view of the Uni …<\/p>\n … and a street level view of the building which started its Ormskirkian expansion.<\/p>\n Passing the gate is Huyton Travel 152 …<\/p>\n … too infrequent to serve a busy campus. Hence the EL1.<\/p><\/div>\n … a company sucked up by Diamond Bus North West.<\/p><\/div>\n … and one shows a reduction to every 20.<\/p><\/div>\n The current Stagecoach timetable is also every 20 minutes.<\/p>\n Effectively, buses run non stop to the Uni campus then loop round the site before returning to the bus station. As you can see from the timetable, the driver has an enjoyable shift belting up and down the St Helens Road in his “one bus in steam”!<\/p><\/div>\n A later version became a “U” shaped loop with a terminal building on the left …<\/p>\n