A bus trip into Cambridge City 17/10/17
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- Опубліковано 17 гру 2024
- A entertaining ride into Cambridge via Stagecoach and Park and Ride, on a Tuesday afternoon. We went to collect my dads car so we had to take a bus.
Cambridge info:
Cambridge (/ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ/ KAYM-brij) is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of London. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, its population was 123,867, including 24,488 students.
There is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area in the Bronze Age and in Roman Britain; under Viking rule, Cambridge became an important trading centre. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although city status was not conferred until 1951.
The University of Cambridge, founded in 1209, is one of the top five universities in the world. The university includes the Cavendish Laboratory, King's College Chapel, and the Cambridge University Library. The city's skyline is dominated by the last two buildings, along with the spire of the Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church, the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital and St John's College Chapel tower. Anglia Ruskin University, evolved from the Cambridge School of Art and the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, also has its main campus in the city.
Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology Silicon Fen with industries such as software and bioscience and many start-up companies born out of the university. More than 40% of the workforce has a higher education qualification, more than twice the national average. The Cambridge Biomedical Campus, one of the largest biomedical research clusters in the world, is soon to be home to AstraZeneca, a hotel and the relocated Papworth Hospital.
Parker's Piece hosted the first ever game of Association football. The Strawberry Fair music and arts festival and Midsummer Fairs are held on Midsummer Common, and the annual Cambridge Beer Festival takes place on Jesus Green. The city is adjacent to the M11 and A14 roads, and Cambridge station is less than an hour from London King's Cross railway station.
Geography:
Cambridge is situated about 50 miles (80 km) north-by-east of London. The city is located in an area of level and relatively low-lying terrain just south of the Fens, which varies between 6 and 24 metres (20 and 79 ft) above sea level. The town was thus historically surrounded by low lying wetlands that have been drained as the town has expanded.
The underlying geology of Cambridge consists of gault clay and Chalk Marl, known locally as Cambridge Greensand, partly overlaid by terrace gravel. A layer of phosphatic nodules (coprolites) under the marl were mined in the 19th century for fertiliser. It became a major industry in the county, and its profits yielded buildings such as the Corn Exchange, Fulbourn Hospital and St. John's Chapel until the Quarries Act 1894 and competition from America ended production.
The River Cam flows through the city from the village of Grantchester, to the southwest. It is bordered by water meadows within the city such as Sheep's Green as well as residential development. Like most cities, modern-day Cambridge has many suburbs and areas of high-density housing. The city centre of Cambridge is mostly commercial, historic buildings, and large green areas such as Jesus Green, Parker's Piece and Midsummer Common. Many of the roads in the centre are pedestrianised. Population growth has seen new housing developments in the 21st century, with estates such as the CB1 and Accordia schemes near the station, and developments such as Great Kneighton, formally known as Clay Farm, and Trumpington Meadows currently under construction in the south of the city. Other major developments currently being constructed in the city are Darwin Green (formerly NIAB), and University-led developments at West Cambridge and North West Cambridge, (Eddington).
The entire city centre, as well as parts of Chesterton, Petersfield, West Cambridge, Newnham, and Abbey, are covered by an Air Quality Management Area, implemented to counter high levels of nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere.
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Thanks for the lovely trip! And for your patience! It was amazing. It brought back my beloved memories of Cambridge. Thank you!!
thank you for filming this. It brings back sweet memories of when I lived in Cambridge back in 2017-2018
How's the city dude? Is that ok to live there?
@@hzr3in I loved it! Very relaxed yet international vibe, and SO beautiful. Also, it didn't rain much, unlike other parts of England. I'd move back any day if I could
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@@leonh67 great quality video, nice reminiscing 😌
Well done - 48 minutes holding up a phone :) I was an Oxford grad myself, so only visited Cambridge a few times, staying in University accommodation. I now live in a part of New Zealand that doesn`t have any buses. My late wife ( a Kiwi ) always loved riding on the top front seats of buses whenever we visited ( University business ), and we were always astonished at the amazing skill of the bus drivers, especially on the narrow country roads. Hint : The ' Gold ' buses have extra comfortable seats.
Anyway - brilliant, and thanks so very much - brings back happy memories :)
It's a pleasure
Great job. I like the way you put little notes on the screen to tell us what is going on around. Thanks.
Thank you for this. Lovely Bar Hill and Cambridge, miss them so much.
I love the city I was here for 3 months and honestly it was the best 3 months of my life
@@anjelasathiya369 tf
thank you for recording these views, I really miss cambridge
Miss it toooo...
me toooo i went there six months ago. i studied there for one month. i really want to go back ㅠ ㅠ
I should also add, it was very pleasing to see how many people thanked the bus driver as they alighted, a quick thank you for getting them to wherever they were going safely - nice !
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i miss Cambridge soooo muchhhhh
been here whole life bit of chavs i live in cherry hinton
@@reski8965 i am in india right now
but i have planed to get in cambridge university and get a degree in astronomy and astrophysics
its my dream place
@@mitchellbrody2800 scratches head,,, nobody cares
@@emanueltrevor5405 not you using ur second acc to replied to urself jshshshs
@@emanueltrevor5405 oh really jordy canaan
thanks for uploding this video. I used to live in Cambridge 7 years ago.... it seems like different at that time but it reminds me of that time.
Well done, I really appreciate your effort
A very interesting trip. Great to see all the changes that have taken place since my days in Cambridge. Still traffic problems but mainly suburban. Many thanks for your patience, greatly appreciated.
Neat video! Appreciate the upload! I'm in Australia and a friend who lives there linked this to me as I so desperately want to visit. Great to get a feel of the area, the English weather (not so much the traffic!)
Fascinating - well done !!
A cidade de Cambridge e muito bonita e bastante grande.
Interesting and well done video. Thanks for making/uploading it. Being used to driving my car on the right side of the road in my home country (Norway) I realize there are several rather good reasons to travel by bus instead when visiting UK. :)
Erland Andersen Buses are a great sort of transport during the rush hour as it stops you from being the heavy traffic. I suppose you have bus lanes in Norway?
Yes, we do. Basically they are for buses, of course, but here they can also be used by taxis and electric cars. :) Can the UK bus lanes be used by taxis and el. cars?
Erland Andersen that's interesting. No taxis and el.cars are not allowed in uk bus lanes
Ewan TDS they are allowed in london
Really enjoyed this. :)
6:25 Damn a bus overtaking cars😂
As someone seems to comment in the vid, the Citi 1 passing you on Regent St at 18:06 is packed as it'd have been passing Hills Road 6th Form (on the right at 25:55) at about 4pm so it's full of students heading home. If that's you then you know the city better than the comment at "Hyde Park Corner" gives yourself credit for!
As for the traffic, well I used to walk from Hills Road college to town in the afternoon as the buses would be packed (as you saw) and traffic meant they'd barely be any quicker either. The cut through at the Earl of Derby wasn't there yet as there was no busway back then (2005ish), so it's prob a bit better now but if you just missed a bus at The Junction, you'd pass it whilst it was waiting at the station and it'd pass you again near the Catholic Church, so it'd only be about 5 mins quicker.
46:47 - If you'd gone right here, you'd have hit a level crossing going into Great Shelford (on the Liverpool St line just south of the split with the King's Cross line). Right at the roundabout by the P&R (47:50) would also hit a level crossing at Shelford station.
17:22 I think the big problem here is the space devoted to cars vs the space devoted to people on foot and on bikes. I think they should make it one-way or completely closed for cars to make it less cramped.
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You'll rarely see cars there.
Coming against the direction of the camera, it's buses and taxis only north of Park Terrace (the next junction on the left).
It needs to keep car access heading south as the road coming in from the right (Downing Street) includes the exit of the Grand Arcade car park.
You could possibly turn it one way southbound outright though, as northbound traffic can use Park Terrace, Parker St and Emmanuel St. Think the reason it isn't is to keep buses that don't need to go to Emmanuel St or Drummer St off those as they can get very tight and crowded very quickly.
@@JasonCliftJones Do you see the number of bikes and all the pedestrians crammed onto the narrow pavements? That's insane. Just get rid of cars and let people breathe.
Same as anywhere else in the uk. Just a pretty route..
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Very good vid! Thanks for sharing. :)
Lovely place!
Nice.
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At 25 minutes the bus turns onto Hills Rd.
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And also opened in 2021
Just for anyone who doesn't know Cambridge. Do yourself a favour and use the park and ride service.
cambridge is cool.
driving on the wrong side ! :)
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good video.
HD Transport believe it or not took me 4 hours to do.
4 hours holy moly. Btw I think I saw you pass my house on that day. Can't remember what time exactly (it'll be something :51 if running ontime but that's not common)
HD Transport Adding the captions is what took a while and I uploaded this at midnight. We left bar hill just after 4pm I did still see some students from the school bus.
Very nice, but I'm getting car sick..!
rain at the end :))
Would have been, not would of...
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Your captioning needs some editing.
As well. Two words.
what a nice city not a student btw not so gifted
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An entertaining, not a entertaining.
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I liked this clip
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