Written question asked by Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 June 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 June 2003. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Monday, 9 June 2003 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list, broken down by city, (a) tram and (b) guided bus systems that have been opened for each year since 1997. - Including table.

Answer: Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list, broken down by city, (a) tram and (b) guided bus systems that have been opened for each year since 1997. [117732] Mr. Jamieson: The information is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Date Tram Kerb guided bus 1999 London: Docklands Light Railway Lewisham 0 extension opened November West Midlands: Midland Metro line 1 -- (Birmingham to Wolverhampton) opened in May 2000 London: Croydon Tramlink opened in May 0 2001 -- West Yorkshire: East Leeds Quality Bus Scheme opened in November 2002 Tyne and Wear: Tyne and Wear Metro West Yorkshire: Bradford-A641 Manchester extension to Sunderland and South Hylton Road opened January 2002 opened in March _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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