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FeedGallery: Problem coaches in Woodhead Drive
This gallery was last updated on Monday 16th February 2009.
Woodhead Drive and Downham's Lane are used by coaches for overnight parking and for arrivals/departures. The parked coaches cause major obstructions on the road and are particularly dangerous for cyclists. Sometimes, vans etc. are parked to try to deter the coaches - this also causes problems for cyclists near the island at the entrance to Woodhead Drive. Surely a P&R site could be used by prior agreement, or arrangements made with Science Park businesses to use their car parks out of hours?
Overnight coach parking in Woodhead Drive causes visibility problems on a blind corner.
Chaos for local residents as two coach loads of students & associated cars block Woodhead Drive. On a blind corner, cars could only get through at snail pace, with no spare space for cyclists. This road is unsuitable for coaches, but seem ... [more]
Foreign coach causing severe obstruction on a snowy night. Note that car tyre tracks show cars have had to cross central line markings in order to overtake the monster. Coach parking is a big problem here.
Foreign coach has parked overnight here several nights running. The car has had to drive on the wrong side of the road on a blind corner to overtake.
Not welcome here! Foreign coach parked in narrow Downham's Lane, completely over the pavement & still causing dangerous width restriction on the icy road.
Parking in the entrance of Woodhead Drive off Milton Road restricts lane width near the traffic island, making a nasty pinch-point for cyclists. Some of this parking is by commuters & some is to deliberately restrict the road width to prev ... [more]
French coach 453 AHL 29 parked overnight on Woodhead Drive. Dangerous obstruction. Parking here every night for the week.
Opportunist coach parks in Miller Homes visitor car park. Manoeuvring into here must cause delays on Woodhead Drive.
Another foreign coach delivers umpteen cars-worth of language students on a blind bend of a residential road. No doubt the same coach will now park here every night for the week. Cambridge needs official overnight coach parking so that re ... [more]
Two coaches that have parked here overnight. Note that the car is having to drive on the wrong side of the road on a blind corner in order to overtake, and that the car driver's view of the cycles sign is obscured. See also #16091 for num ... [more]
Number plates of the two coaches shown in #16090: Dutch Lanting Reizen coach BJ-XH-66 and Voyage GERON FL 9792 from Luxembourg. (The lights were turned on on the latter just as I arrived - it had been parked overnight)
"Lanting" coach again. Oncoming car has had to wait for car overtaking coach (car overtaking had to commit to overtaking without being able to see past coach)
Ginhoux Voayges B166 PY07 that has overnighted in Woodhead Drive has just been turning round on the straight section of Woodhead Drive and is now waiting for students to board. This road is unsuitable for coaches: to overnight, to pick up/ ... [more]
Coach, vans & cars parked on blind bend. Two cars heading away from us have to drive on wrong side of the road to overtake.
Students boarding French coach 400 ACB 29 which has been parked here overnight, causing an obstruction. The engine is running, causing noise nuisance for the flats oppisite,
Two coaches about to spend the night in Woodhead Drive, causing a dangerous obstruction. The Eyraud coach nearest the camera has just turned round in Hopkins Close - a dangerous manoeuvre on a blind corner, proving that this area is comple ... [more]
The coaches shown in #16719, registrations 7441 TX 61 and 262 CKN 38, have been parked here overnight. Respect local residents - STOP PARKING HERE!
Lisieux Aiglons coach 7441 TX 61 parked since last night. Oncoming car has to drive on wrong side of the road of a blind bend in order to overtake. V little room for cyclists.
Aiglons coach spends second night in Woodhead Drive. Note the keep left bollard at junction with Milton Road - oncoming traffic is out of view round the bend.
Eyraud coach, in Woodhead Drive for the third consecutive night causes a near miss between the car in the foreground which has just turned out of Robert Jennings Close and the oncoming car moving out to overtake the coach.
Eyraud coach causing obstruction in Woodhead Drive for 4th night. The white streak is a passing cyclist overtaking the coach.
Dutch coach Pouw vervoer, registration BN-RV-95 causing an obstruction in Woodhead Drive. The same coach was parked in Woodhead Drive overnight on 7th May.
View of coach BN-RV-95 from the rear. It is obstructing the view of cars leaving Robbert Jennings Close beyond on the left.
Garnier coach, French registration 986 CHN 38 causing obstruction while parked overnight in Woodhead Drive, obscuring view of cars leaving Robert Jennings Close.
BT Tours double-decker coach, Belgian registration XFK562, causing obstruction while parked overnight in Woodhead Drive.
Hedsin Voyages coach 7957 YQ 62 has been making a nuisance of itself overnighting in Woodhead Drive since Monday.
Signs of the times: Locals have had enough of coaches parking in Woodhead Drive. Stationnement interdit sauf riverains - no parking except for residents.
Couriers du Midi coach 7983 VM 03 causing obstruction while parked overnight. Also seen here the following night.
Dunois Voyages coach 2512 YP 45 parked in layby in Woodhead Drive. Although off the road, by parking here, coach is preventing wheelchair users from using the dropped kerbs of the pavement. The coach will also have had to use side-turning ... [more]
French coach 95 CNR 38 "Trans isere Garnier". Causing obstruction while parked overnight in Woodhead Drive.
Munckhof Reizen coach, registration BP-PX-20, causing obstruction while parked overnight in Woodhead Drive.
French Keolis coach, registration 8901 VZ 21, causing obstruction while parked overnight in Woodhead Drive. A second coach also offloaded here, but has parked elsewhere for the night.
Europa Barros coach, French registration 7235 KW 43, parked in Woodhead Drive overnight. www.europa-barros.com
French coach 7235 KW 43 in Woodhead Drive again on Tuesday night. Also witnessed Wednesday night. Woodhead Drive is unsuitable for coaches.
Wiebenga Reizen coach, registrateion BT-VB-50, Siegerswoude Holland causing obstruction while parked in Woodhead Drive overnight Sunday 11th Oct 09.
