About NGT

What are trolleybuses?

• Modern trolleybuses run on rubber tyres like a regular bus but they are powered by electricity from overhead wires.

• They have fast, smooth acceleration and are clean, quiet and don’t pollute the local environment.

• They provide quicker, more reliable journeys, using dedicated lanes wherever possible to help avoid congestion.

• The vehicles will be modern, easily accessible for wheelchairs and buggies and will be fully compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).

Benefits

• Exclusive lanes and roads and special equipment will give NGT vehicles priority at traffic lights and junctions.

• New, comfortable fully accessible vehicles that will also better for the environment.

• High quality stops and shelters with real-time information showing passengers when NGT services are due to arrive.

• Large Park & Ride sites for people wanting to avoid the jams by swapping from the car to NGT.

When will it all happen?

We are now in the process of developing a Transport and Works Act Order application for Summer/Autumn 2013, which is likely to result in a Public Inquiry. If granted this would provide the necessary powers to construct and operate the NGT system.

Construction could start as early 2017/18 with the first modern trolleybuses in the UK then running by 2020.