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- Ftrmetro_Swansea abstract "ftrmetro Swansea is a bus rapid transit route in Swansea, Wales. The route was served by FTR articulated buses in an attempt to relieve traffic congestion and provide alternative transport to cars, before they were withdrawn in 2015 in favour of smaller-capacity buses.The Welsh Assembly Government provided £2.2m in funding to help launch the scheme. and the local bus operator First Cymru paid for the fleet at a cost of £300,000 per vehicle. The buses, built by Northern Ireland-based Wrightbus, each have 37 seats. Stops are placed approximately every 500m and passengers pay for tickets on-board from a conductor rather than from the driver.The bus runs along a route from Morriston Hospital to Singleton Hospital, via Morriston, Swansea railway station, Kingsway, Swansea bus station, Civic Centre and Swansea University. The off-peak journey time between Morriston Hospital and Swansea University is timetabled to take 50 minutes. Alterations were made to a number of roads to provide a dedicated bus lane. Orchard Street and The Kingsway were converted to a one-way streets for cars with a separate two-way bus lane. West Way has been altered to accommodate a two-way bus lane and new access roads have been developed near the Civic Centre. Further road developments include a bus lane along parts of Oystermouth Road and a bus bypass road past the Hafod area.Phase 1 of the road development scheme, for Orchard Street and Kingsway, is complete. The service between Morriston Hospital and Singleton started on bus route 4, using a single ftr vehicle, on 1 June 2009 with official launch of service in September 2009.Critics of the scheme attacked the disruption caused by roadworks to accommodate the vehicles and the impact of changes to the road network.On 24 June 2015, First Cymru announced that it was to remove all FTR articulated buses from service on 28 August 2015, replacing them with standard single deck buses.Subsequently, three 'bendy buses' were brought back into use, transferring students from the main Swansea University campus on Oystermouth Road to the new Bay Campus.".
- Ftrmetro_Swansea location Swansea.
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- Ftrmetro_Swansea numberOfStations "27".
- Ftrmetro_Swansea numberOfVehicles "10".
- Ftrmetro_Swansea operatedBy First_Cymru.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea thumbnail Bus_rapid_transit_vehicle_travelling_south_from_Ffordd_y_Gollewin,_Swansea_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2504280.jpg?width=300.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea type Bus_rapid_transit.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageExternalLink home.php.
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- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Articulated_bus.
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- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Category:Transport_in_Swansea.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink FTR_(bus).
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- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Hafod.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink List_of_guided_busways_and_BRT_systems_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Morriston.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Morriston_Hospital.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Singleton_Hospital.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Swansea.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Swansea_City_Centre.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Swansea_Civic_Centre.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Swansea_University.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Swansea_bus_station.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Swansea_railway_station.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Traffic_congestion.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Transport_in_Wales.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Wales.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Welsh_Government.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLink Wrightbus.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ftrmetro Swansea".
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wikiPageWikiLinkText "ftrmetro Swansea".
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- Ftrmetro_Swansea caption "An FTR bus travelling south from Ffordd y Gollewin".
- Ftrmetro_Swansea caption "towards the Civic Centre".
- Ftrmetro_Swansea image "Bus rapid transit vehicle travelling south from Ffordd y Gollewin, Swansea - geograph.org.uk - 2504280.jpg".
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- Ftrmetro_Swansea locale Swansea.
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- Ftrmetro_Swansea name "ftrmetro Swansea".
- Ftrmetro_Swansea operator First_Cymru.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea stations "27".
- Ftrmetro_Swansea transitType Bus_rapid_transit.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea vehicles "10".
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- Ftrmetro_Swansea subject Category:Guided_busways_and_BRT_systems_in_the_United_Kingdom.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea subject Category:Transport_in_Swansea.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea hypernym Route.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea type Agent.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea type Organisation.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea type PublicTransitSystem.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea type Road.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea type Redirect.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea type Organization.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea type Agent.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea type SocialPerson.
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- Ftrmetro_Swansea type Q43229.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea comment "ftrmetro Swansea is a bus rapid transit route in Swansea, Wales. The route was served by FTR articulated buses in an attempt to relieve traffic congestion and provide alternative transport to cars, before they were withdrawn in 2015 in favour of smaller-capacity buses.The Welsh Assembly Government provided £2.2m in funding to help launch the scheme. and the local bus operator First Cymru paid for the fleet at a cost of £300,000 per vehicle.".
- Ftrmetro_Swansea label "Ftrmetro Swansea".
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- Ftrmetro_Swansea sameAs Q5506817.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea wasDerivedFrom Ftrmetro_Swansea?oldid=707412517.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea depiction Bus_rapid_transit_vehicle_travelling_south_from_Ffordd_y_Gollewin,_Swansea_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2504280.jpg.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea homepage home.php.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea isPrimaryTopicOf Ftrmetro_Swansea.
- Ftrmetro_Swansea name "ftrmetro Swansea".