Walkers go back to their routes

INNOVATIVE BUS TRACK BECOMES POPULAR PLACE FOR A STROLL

- By PAUL BRITTON

The guided bus route and, right, Dame Sarah Storey

A PURPOSE-BUILT track for buses stretching across two Greater Manchester boroughs has become an unintended hotspot - for walking.

Now approaching 10 years of passenger journeys, the Leigh Guided Busway scheme was designed to improve public transport and speed up the bus commute between Leigh and Manchester city centre.

The route around 13 miles long in total links Leigh with Atherton, Tyldesley and Ellenbrook, in Salford, before heading to Manchester.