Amfibus Takes To The River Clyde

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Bus operator Stagecoach began a trial of the ‘amfibus’ last week in Glasgow, Scotland after the local transport organisation announced it was scrapping the 500 year old ferry service between Yoker and Renfrew this March.

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The £700,000 Dutch-built bus can carry 45 passengers and will run by road from the near-by Braehead shooping centre then switch to twin water jets as it runs down the slipway into the River Clyde at Renfrew.

The vehicle will re-emerge at Yoker before completing its journey to Clydebank.

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Stagecoach is working on a system for disabled access and it hopes to encourage cyclists to stay with the crossing using racks at the back to carry bicycles.

Posted on February 11, 2010 | Filed Under Life