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Fastway (bus Rapid Transit)
Fastway is a bus rapid transit network in Surrey and West Sussex, United Kingdom, linking Crawley with London Gatwick Airport, Gatwick Airport and Horley, the first to be constructed outside a major city. It uses specially adapted buses that can either be steered by the driver or operate as "self steering" guided buses along a specially constructed track. Fastway is operated by Metrobus (South East England), Metrobus, using Wright GB Kite Hydroliner fuel cell buses. Overview Fastway aims to improve bus services in the Crawley, Gatwick and Horley area. The project included construction of new bus lanes, including guided bus lanes, construction of new bus waiting shelters and provision of electronic real-time passenger information and a fleet of new low-floor buses for Metrobus (part of the Go Ahead Group) Construction work began in May 2002, and was scheduled to be completed by June 2005. In October 2006, major work stopped, having completed around 60% of the planned work - 1. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wright GB Kite Hydroliner
The Wright GB Kite is a range of full-size zero-emission single-deck buses manufactured by Wrightbus since 2022. Similar in body style to the diesel powered Wright GB Hawk, the GB Kite is an integral design that can be built as a battery electric bus, battery electric vehicle, the Electroliner BEV, and as a Fuel cell vehicle, fuel cell electric vehicle, the Hydroliner FCEV. The GB Kite range was launched in September 2021, following the launch of the double-deck bus, double-deck Wright StreetDeck Electroliner and Hydroliner range earlier in the year. The Electroliner BEV has a maximum range of with the top option of a 567kwh battery, charged through conventional DC charging or Pantograph (transport), pantograph charging. The Hydroliner FCEV has a maximum range of , powered with either a 70 or 100kwh fuel cell system produced by Ballard Power Systems in combination with a or hydrogen tank. Regular production of both GB Kite variants was fully underway by December 2022. Operat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Manor Royal, Crawley
Manor Royal is an industrial zone within the town of Crawley in West Sussex, England. Manor Royal is in the north of the town near to Gatwick Airport. The area is devoted to light industry and offices and was designed for industry as part of the Crawley new town project. Manor Royal was officially named and opened by Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) on 25 January 1950. It is bordered by Northgate, Crawley, Northgate and Three Bridges, West Sussex, Three Bridges to the south, Langley Green, Crawley, Langley Green to the west, Gatwick Airport to the north and the Brighton Main Line to the east. The area falls largely within the local government ward of Northgate, Crawley, Northgate. Major companies with offices and factories in Manor Royal include: * ABB * Acron Aviation * Amey plc, Amey * B&CE * Boeing Flight Services * British Airways, British Airways Holidays * BOC (company), BOC * Camelot Chilled Foods * CGG (company), CGG * Doosan Power Systems * Elekta * G4S * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
British Airways
British Airways plc (BA) is the flag carrier of the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in London, England, near its main Airline hub, hub at Heathrow Airport. The airline is the second largest UK-based carrier, based on fleet size and passengers carried, behind easyJet. In January 2011, BA merged with Iberia (airline), Iberia, creating the International Airlines Group (IAG), a holding company registered in Madrid, Spain. IAG is the world's third-largest airline group in terms of annual revenue and the second-largest in Europe. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and in the FTSE 100 Index. British Airways is the first passenger airline to have generated more than US$1 billion on a single air route in a year (from 1 April 2017, to 31 March 2018, on the London to New York Air Route, New York-JFK – London-Heathrow route). BA was created in 1974 after a British Airways Board was established by the British government to manage the two nationalised airline corporation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Reigate And Banstead
Reigate and Banstead is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Reigate and the borough also includes the towns of Banstead, Horley and Redhill. Parts of the borough are within the Surrey Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Northern parts of the borough, including Banstead, lie inside the M25 motorway which encircles London. The neighbouring districts are Tandridge, Crawley, Mole Valley, Epsom and Ewell, Sutton and Croydon, the latter two being London boroughs. History The district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the whole of two former districts and part of a third, which were all abolished at the same time: * Banstead Urban District * Dorking and Horley Rural District ( Horley and Salfords and Sidlow parishes only, rest went to Mole Valley except area of Gatwick Airport which went to Crawley) * Reigate Municipal Borough (which included Redhill) The ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
East Surrey Hospital
East Surrey Hospital is a National Health Service hospital in the Whitebushes area to the south of Redhill, in Surrey, England. It is managed by the Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. History The hospital has its origins in the Reigate Cottage Hospital which was founded by Dr John Walters and opened in Albert Road North, Reigate, in 1866. It moved to Whitepost Hill on the northern edge of Redhill Common as the Reigate and Redhill Hospital in 1871, and became the East Surrey Hospital in 1923. It joined the National Health Service in 1948. The current facility, which allowed the closure of the previous facility and of the Smallfield Cottage Hospital, opened at Three Arch Road in 1981. The new building was formally opened by the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, on 3 August 1984. The second phase of building, which allowed the closure of Redhill General Hospital at Earlswood Common, opened in 1991 with a formal opening by Virginia Bottomley MP in 1992. Services The hospit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Redhill, Surrey
Redhill () is a town status in the United Kingdom, town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead within the county of Surrey, England. The town, which adjoins the town of Reigate to the west, is due south of London Borough of Croydon, Croydon in Greater London, and is part of the London commuter belt. The town is also the post town, entertainment and commercial area of three adjoining communities : Merstham, Earlswood and Whitebushes, as well as of two small rural villages to the east in the Tandridge District, Bletchingley and Nutfield, Surrey, Nutfield. The town is situated on the junction of the north–south A23 road, A23 (London to Brighton) road, and the east–west A25 road which runs from Guildford through to Sevenoaks. It is also on the railway junction, served by Redhill railway station, of the Brighton Main Line, North Downs Line, North-Downs line, and Redhill–Tonbridge line, Redhill-Tonbridge line. Geography Redhill is located within the Weald Basin, and the Weald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Maidenbower
Maidenbower is one of 14 neighbourhoods within the town of Crawley in West Sussex, England. Maidenbower is located in the south east corner of the town, bordering the M23 motorway. It is bordered by Pound Hill to the north and Furnace Green to the west across the railway line. In 1986 Crawley Borough Council declared the farmland between the M23 and the London-Brighton railway line to be the 13th neighbourhood, named Maidenbower after one of the farms in the area. A consortium of builders was formed to develop the site which was to include community facilities and a new junction giving access to the M23. By 2000 development was almost complete, although small areas of infill development continue. The original 16th-century Frogshole farm building, unlike the adjoining Maidenbower farm that gave the area its name, remains as the public house for the neighbourhood. It was refurbished and opened in 1994. On 8 February 2007 it suffered a major fire. Frogshole Farm Pub re-opened in J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pease Pottage
Pease Pottage is a village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It lies on the southern edge of the Crawley built-up area, in the civil parish of Slaugham. The village has a motorway service station, named after the village, which also serves as a local shop for the residents of the village (a footpath was constructed to allow pedestrian access from the village). It is located at the junction of the M23 and the A23 on the London to Brighton road, where the A264 to Horsham joins. The Church of the Ascension, a chapel of ease to St Mary's Church, Slaugham, opened in 1875, but is no longer in use. Pease Pottage Radar is about west of Pease Pottage and is visible from much of the village. It is an air traffic control radar for NATS and takes advantage of a position above sea level, some above the nearby Gatwick Airport. Etymology Pease Pottage is also an old name for pease pudding. It has been said that the village name came from serving this food to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Manor Royal
Manor Royal is an industrial zone within the town of Crawley in West Sussex, England. Manor Royal is in the north of the town near to Gatwick Airport. The area is devoted to light industry and offices and was designed for industry as part of the Crawley new town project. Manor Royal was officially named and opened by Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) on 25 January 1950. It is bordered by Northgate and Three Bridges to the south, Langley Green to the west, Gatwick Airport to the north and the Brighton Main Line to the east. The area falls largely within the local government ward of Northgate. Major companies with offices and factories in Manor Royal include: * ABB * Acron Aviation * Amey * B&CE * Boeing Flight Services * British Airways Holidays * BOC * Camelot Chilled Foods * CGG * Doosan Power Systems * Elekta * G4S * Grant Thornton * Invensys APV / Invensys Foxboro * Jeppesen * Metrobus * National Federation of Builders * Oxford Aviation Acade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bewbush
Bewbush is one of 14 neighbourhoods in Crawley in West Sussex, England. Bewbush is located in south west Crawley and is bordered by Broadfield to the south, Ifield to the north, Kilnwood Vale to the west and Gossops Green to the north east. The neighbourhood has a population of approximately 9,000. History A park was recorded at Bewbush as early as 1295. It was a manor which later became known as the Holmbush Estate. The manor belonged for most of the twentieth century to the Clifton Brown family. In 1973, some were purchased by Crawley Borough Council. The manor house was first mentioned in the early 14th century, although this no longer remains. A building with some 17th-century elements remains, although it was clad in brick in the 19th century. The building now stands amid modern developments in the neighbourhood. The borough council began development of the new neighbourhood of Bewbush in 1974, with a leisure centre opening in 1984, and a shopping parade the followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
