Did you already know how it works, and if you didn't, was the answer something unexpected? 😅

@kiitc

6 ай бұрын

No and No! But this is much more robust than the Tesla thing they were trying to do in Las Vegas! It looks cute too! Although, if the bus is used a lot, might make more sense to build a tram! Thanks for uploading!

@glitchFan2428

6 ай бұрын

@@kiitc thanks for watching! I presume the main advantage of this is a seamless connection between the busway and places that a conventional tram setup would not work, like a housing estate for example.

@davidlloyd1526

5 ай бұрын

The only thing I don't understand is why this better than a normal road. It certainly would be much cheaper to build and maintain a normal road... and you don't need special buses to run on them.

The reason for holding the steering wheel is to stop the bus from bouncing from side to side within the guideways. When I drove guided buses I used to rest my hands on the wheel rather than holding it. From time to time when a guided bus was replaced with a non guided bus I would still drive in the guideways with no problems.

@naveenchitturi2334

Ай бұрын

What is the use of this! Isn't it just additional cost

Interesting technology! This is one of the few guided busways that are still here in the UK. Other than that, Adelaide in Australia, and Essen in Germany are the only cities outside of the UK to have adopted the guided busway system in the 1980s.

@glitchFan2428

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it must have been fun though in the 80s with all the classic buses roaming about

@jammin023

7 ай бұрын

Although the first ones appeared in the 1970s and 80s, very few were built then. The vast majority of current UK guided busways were created in the past decade or so. The Leigh one opened in 2016.

@electron8262

6 ай бұрын

Don't forget the Cambridget to St. Ive's busway that's been opene since ~2010

Been on the Cambridgeshire busway and find these a very quick way to travel. I'm from London so you can imagine the traffic in such a huge city although we have quite a good underground system

Thank you for explaining it!

@glitchFan2428

6 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Hope you enjoyed the video

At that point you should just build a tram network....

@KononZewChoroszczy

5 күн бұрын

It's much more expensive

This is such a cool idea.

@glitchFan2428

5 ай бұрын

It definitely stands out

Thank you so much.. and that's answer to my question

I know how they work, I just wanted to watch some footage of them. Thanks for making this video.

@glitchFan2428

22 күн бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching

The guided bus way is the intersection between light rail and the train system and cheaper than both to install.

I am wondering if they have a way to track incursions and wrong hand traffic as a segregate system this is like a light railway. Thank you for sharing the interesting video.

Seems like any country that doesn't have the funds to build new or maintain current railway tracks should adopt this method of transportation. Seems to be quite effective and cheap

@RAM_845

6 ай бұрын

A agree and it gets busses of the main roads thus improving public transport.

@asiartjeonju

6 ай бұрын

I think BRT would be better

If you get this in India, many motorists will use the special pathways to avoid congested roads and say my car/ motorcycle identified as a guided bus for a bit that day!

@glitchFan2428

15 күн бұрын

Actually at the entry points there's a "car trap" so unless your car is as wide as a bus, it will not physically be able to enter the tracks. There's been instances of people driving into them and getting stuck, which delays the service

The entire world system should be like this

@glitchFan2428

12 күн бұрын

That would be something!

Just for your information. The steering wheel is left untouched as it agitates the role of the guidewheels and can induce oscillations etc.

Does the guide wheel just push the bus or is it connected to the steering mechanism?

@glitchFan2428

6 ай бұрын

I think it's just to ensure the bus doesn't hit the kerbs

@TAVOAu

5 ай бұрын

They are directly linked to the steering.

The only way to improve this is to make the bus electric and pour a layer of quiet asphalt over the concrete track. Should be very smooth sailing from then on...

This was helpful to understand how it works, because I was left very confused from a video where I saw this for the first time. I still have questions regarding what makes this any better than a tram though 😂 Or is it only significantly cheaper? Either way, I hope they will use electric busses in the future, because the noise is very annoying, especially in such an otherwise peaceful and pretty countryside location.

@glitchFan2428

5 ай бұрын

This was initially a disused railway line, and apparently converting it into a tram line or a normal road for buses would cost more than making a guided busway

Those guidewheel looks similar to the mitsubishi crystal mover guidewheel tho

what happened to lane centering technology? it comes in any basic car today good for hands free cruising

Interesting

I love the color though

This could have been a train...Trams could have been buses. The world is truly upside down.

@glitchFan2428

5 ай бұрын

It actually used to be a railway line 😅

Cambridgeshire has the guided busway and what happens is they have extra wheels

Wow this was a joke on Onion 11 years ago and its actually real. 😂

Why not just build light rail?

@nntflow7058

5 ай бұрын

The bus uses normal road too. The guided part is just part of the line.

Would be nice but not all cities can utilize spaces to install/make specialize road for the purpose of only that specific type of vehicle..

Will it work on articulated bus (trolleybus)??

@glitchFan2428

7 күн бұрын

I believe so

Wonder if the small wheel can handle fast speed without becoming hot

@glitchFan2428

Жыл бұрын

I suppose it's designed to withstand that

@darkwolfcz434

Жыл бұрын

they can withstand going 55mph for longish duration without any issues. at cambridge busway thats the speeds the busses go

@TAVOAu

5 ай бұрын

These have been used in Australia since the early 1980s, and no issues. The buses travel at 100km/h (62MPH)

@TobiasHinz1992

5 ай бұрын

There is basically weight on the wheel, so it doesn't get hot.

It like those Japanese toy racing cars

But what's the point of it? You still need a driver, so no labour saving. It makes more sense to just build a "bus only" road. Then, if there's a breakdown the whole system doesn't come to a halt because you can just drive round the stranded bus. Plus, it must cost more to build in the first place. It looks like a solution in search of a problem.

@Bigaitch

5 ай бұрын

I was going to say more or less the same but you have beaten me to it. It just seems something different for the sake of it.

@TobiasHinz1992

5 ай бұрын

Cheap to build, doesn't need much space and busses don't break down regularly. They almost never break down.

@ssss-df5qz

3 күн бұрын

No other road users to delay the bus. Cheap road surface costs as it's essentially 20% the materials. Good soakaway. It does have benefits

The guide wheels

@glitchFan2428

Жыл бұрын

Yes

Vantage locomotive name CC201

If you notice, it's cheaper and easier to build a normal road. There isn't any advantage in the guides as you need a driver anyway...

@glitchFan2428

5 ай бұрын

One of the reasons cited by developers was lack of space; considering this used to be a railway I believe they could not widen it to be a normal road.. I don't know.

It's a Leight Guided Bus Transit short for

There taking away our sportscars. Meanwhile, they build crap like this instead of a light train. The efficiency reduction going from a light electric/diesel electric rail vehicle to a bus is absolutely massive. This is ridiculous. I don't live wherever this is, but If I did Inwould be petitioning for rail infrastructure there.

But really why??

8 күн бұрын

Just for fantasy like building something no one ever build. It doesn’t matter how efficient or not efficient at all 😂

How does it cope with the gaps.

@Rodger_Phillips

6 ай бұрын

much the same way as a good slot car set handles the crossroads, the guide tracks widen slightly to allow the bus to enter the other side of the gap without error, I would assume this is where the driver comes in handy to ensure a stable ride.

How does it work in heavy snow?

@glitchFan2428

6 ай бұрын

Good question. I'm not sure if the snow in the UK ever gets heavy to the point it would interfere with the guided busway, but if it does I assume that the buses will just use regular roads

@OllieTastersall

5 ай бұрын

It would effectively shut down, just like the rest of UK transport when we get a smattering of snow.

@I-will-teach-you-1to1

5 ай бұрын

​​@@OllieTastersallby the way, the UK handle snow better than people think. But the media only report problems because normal is not interesting. Also, some other European countries have worse handling of snow than the UK. But self hatred is a British national sport. You're doing great at that.

I'd like a comparison to a train.

Should of just rebuilt the railway.

@glitchFan2428

6 ай бұрын

The point is to have seamless travel between the express guided section and other parts where building a railway or tramway isn't possible. Why not just build a road for buses is another matter entirely 🤔🤔

I had no idea we have this in uk

@glitchFan2428

14 күн бұрын

There are a few, with the longest being in Cambridgeshire

What is the point of having a guided track, instead of just a normal road?

@glitchFan2428

6 ай бұрын

According to the people who built it, Prevents use by unauthorised vehicles Improved public perception Sustainable drainage system Less space required etc ... I get your point though as there are many disadvantages like when a bus breaks down on the tracks There were a few more but I can't remember.

@MrFiver1111

6 ай бұрын

no traffic is a huge bonus

One weong turn and the bus will hit the curb

@oddities-whatnot

5 ай бұрын

Well I was thinking, it wouldn’t take much to hit the kerb, a heavy bus only being kept on the road by a couple of small guide wheels, surely at speed could be easy for mechanical deviation then bang, bus could go over ! Doesn’t look safe at all this.

Curious as to why they chose this over a trolley or train

@glitchFan2428

5 ай бұрын

It was apparently a disused railway line before they converted it into this. And this was cheaper and took up less room than a road for buses

@nntflow7058

5 ай бұрын

Because train can't go through a normal small town road.

@peteince

3 ай бұрын

All train lines and stations in Leigh were closed down in 1969 and all tracks were ripped up. Before the guided busway was built, it could sometimes take 30 minutes on the bus to travel the two miles to the A580 road that heads to Manchester, due to the heavy slow moving traffic in the morning. The bus on the guided busway misses all that heavy traffic for two miles and joins the A580 four miles further along that road. Relaying a train track all the way to Manchester from Leigh would not be possible, as many houses are now built on sections along where the line used to run.

A classic "politican's cost-cutting solution" to something that is called either a train, tram or light rail.

@GegoXaren

5 ай бұрын

And this is actually much more expensive in the long run.

@OnyxtheFolf

5 ай бұрын

Theres something very failed 'bright future of transit' about this system that's typically british. Cities in the UK need to stop messing around with strange experiments and start building more full size metros like the tyne and wear

@dalmo001

4 ай бұрын

The main reason for the installation of the guided busway is because Leigh doesn't have a train station and there is no plans of extending the track to the town for either train or tram services. The buses pre-installation were always too full for school and work commutors, and the nearest train station was the next town over in Atherton, meaning you would need to catch a bus to catch a train anyway. At a population of just over 40,000 it was the most effective way to easy congestion on both the roads and rail services in Leigh and Atherton (as the guided busway also stops in Atherton), whilst also keeping costs to a minimum. The service also shortened the travel duration from Leigh to Manchester by up to 15 minutes

@GegoXaren

4 ай бұрын

@@dalmo001 Exept... This is more expensive than a tram network in the long run... Saving a few dollars now to have it be multiple times more expensive later is not wise.

@dalmo001

4 ай бұрын

@@GegoXaren I live in Leigh so I know the frustration, but this is what the UK seems to be doing these days. Short term quick fixes an dnot seeing the bigger picture.

Сделали трамвай из автобуса , проще рельсы положить . В северных районах это вообще не вариант снег вычищать лёд долбить .

1:34 it sounds like a B5LH.

@glitchFan2428

6 ай бұрын

It is a B5LH, with Wright Gemini 3 bodywork

@transportenthusiast11

5 ай бұрын

If the back window only covers the right half of the lower deck and it's either an EvoSeti, Enviro 400 MMC or Wright Eclipse Gemini then it's most likely a B5LH. Also you can tell by the long gear changes due to the semi-automatic Volvo i-Shift gearbox, normally used in trucks.

I think that type of public transit is outdated in the age of autopilots

Is this busway on a former tramway?

@glitchFan2428

6 ай бұрын

It follows the route of a disused railway line according to the website of the developers

@transportenthusiast11

5 ай бұрын

@@glitchFan2428 quite uneven for a railway line

I dont see why they have that tho... except for owning a private road and prevent other cars to get on it, no advantages on asphalt open road

Has there ever been an instance where the guidewheels have snapped off in a busway?

@glitchFan2428

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure about this one but in Leeds there have been cases like that

@PopCapMusicTrending

5 ай бұрын

@@glitchFan2428 what about outsider like a car driving in the rail?

@goutamsaha8136

5 ай бұрын

@@PopCapMusicTrendingthey are car traps os most probably yes

@GoosePlays20

4 ай бұрын

@@goutamsaha8136100% in Cambridge there has been cars stuck in the guided busway

How about a maglev bus?

@glitchFan2428

Ай бұрын

That would not work on normal roads tho

@durece100

Ай бұрын

@@glitchFan2428 how about a hover bus instead?

What's the point in it?

May as well be a train

It doesn't make any sense🤧

What's the use case though? Why not build a tram or light rail?

@glitchFan2428

Жыл бұрын

Supporters of guided busways have given the following reasons: 1) usage of existing resources, thus saving money 2) flexibility, the bus can continue off the guideway providing sealess travel between it and places where it's not possible to build a tram 3) land savings as the busway only needs to be about as wide as a bus I'm not for or against it btw

@nntflow7058

5 ай бұрын

Passengers doesn't need to transfer from bus to train and to bus again.

So its not train track, merely guided edges.

@glitchFan2428

7 күн бұрын

hence the inverted commas

Most of there are Indians who are curious to know about how it work

I made the 670th like happen, i ruined the 69 :)

@glitchFan2428

4 ай бұрын

Nooooooooooo! Kidding, thank you 😄😄

Why don’t they just build a bus lane 🗿

Just like the O-Bahn in Adelaide, South Australia, so not unique.

@glitchFan2428

6 ай бұрын

Indeed the one in Adelaide existed for much longer than this one, there's one in Leeds England that's been around since the 90s as well. Yet people are still unaware of how it works hence this videos exists to educate them.

tamiya technologies hahahaha

@glitchFan2428

5 ай бұрын

Familiar auras 😁😁

Buses on these kinds of tracks basically wear out their tracks very quickly. It’s a dumb idea.

@grayscale888

6 ай бұрын

Yeah very dumb, like the idea of your parents conceiving you

@driverm4544

5 ай бұрын

Doesn't wear out nearly as quick as you think it might. Reinforced, high grade concrete. Same stuff a lot of buildings are made out of. It's not your normal asphalt road surface

@denniswoycheshen

5 ай бұрын

Whoever decided trollies were a bad idea is a dick. Why do we always regulate the best ideas into oblivion?

@Ozjoker420.

5 ай бұрын

Disagree! Obahn buses have been operating for decades. They don't wear out the tracks because they're designed for the buses. 🤦‍♂️😆

@nntflow7058

5 ай бұрын

Nice to know that same crazy train fans love to spread lies on the internet.

How about for the next video, you don't spend the first 50secs explaining why you are making this video. This is the reason people prefer short videos where you have to get to the point and not talking without saying anything for 30% of the video. If you only kept only the useful part, the video would only need 20 secs.

@glitchFan2428

6 ай бұрын

I appreciate and understand your viewpoint, however I stand by my decision to provide context, showing off the scenery as well as showing that there are actually people who genuinely don't know how it works, rather than having others be like "oh it's so obvious how it works what's the point of this video". Thank you for your feedback and I hope you at least enjoyed the "20 seconds" of useful information. Cheers 👍🏻

It is stupid to be frank. Why its needed. These can be proper road.

@adrianthoroughgood1191

6 ай бұрын

I think it depends on the level of traffic. If the bus shares the normal road it will be held up in traffic. If you want to encourage people to take the bus instead of driving you can have dedicated bus lanes so the busses can zoom past the cars stuck in traffic. If you are going to have a strip of road used only for busses then this system means the strip of land required is narrower because the guaranteed steering means you don't need to leave so much of a gap to allow for driver error as with a normal road. A lane on a road with a 55mph speed limit would be a lot wider than this. Also the central strip can be left as grass which is better for rain absorption. It rather depends on what the cost is like per mile compared to a normal road, over a long period allowing for resurfacing etc. In most places the cost of the land itself probably won't be too much, so I suppose the cost per mile must be competitive other wise why would they do it? There is the disadvantage that the track can't be used by taxis cyclists and emergency vehicles, like a normal bus lane could be.

@UnbelievableEricthegiraffe

5 ай бұрын

The route from Leigh to Manchester city centre is a busy route, especially in morning & evening peak periods, so instead of a bus being stuck in traffic It travels the majority of the route on a Bus only Busway, Why should 50/60 people have yo wait in a traffic jam that has Cars with mainly one person using it.

Isn't that what a steering wheel is for? Wtf is this lazy bus track shi

Pointless tech

bus bad !!!

@UnbelievableEricthegiraffe

5 ай бұрын

And Cars with just the Driver Not bad ?., Silly comment.

Called an obahn. Pretty common. This is a dumb video title

@glitchFan2428

5 ай бұрын

There's literally people who I showed who have never seen it before and are unaware of how it works 😅😅😅

What a waste of money

@jakubdenemark2739

Ай бұрын

Why do u think so

@karamjitsatpathy2559

27 күн бұрын

No waste