GLANCING through the March 31 edition of the Journal, I came across the statement that ‘the guided busway will be a white elephant’.

This was made by prospective UKIP candidate of Leigh Jayson Lomax-Hargreaves.

He further went on to say ‘like the one in Cambridge’.

Correction! The busway in Cambridge is a huge success. My niece lives down there and she kept me informed, as they too had their doubters, like we endured.

At the time Cambridge could not get enough buses to satisfy the demand. Also the little towns and villages around wanted their own busways.

In the Journal on April 7 a letter by David Critchley against the busway suggests he hadn’t read about it before he picked up his pen.

There is no GMPTE. It is now TfGM and has been for a long time.

He says the V1 and V2 buses do not operate at weekends, but they do. The service runs nearly all day from 7am to the last bus at midnight to Leigh, so no taxi fares will be needed.

I’ve been on the busway. It is very comfortable.

Unfortunately, as I’m disabled, I can’t go upstairs to view the tables, Wi-Fi and the USB chargers, but downstairs we have audio and visual stop announcements helping those who are blind or new to the area.

My husband loves history, especially concerning canals, trains and other forms of transport.

He is totally blind. I read ink print editions to him, and in doing so I pick up on a lot of information and facts myself.

History reveals many cases of opposition to new forms of transport, whether it be by water or land.

History also reveals that the doom-mongers are always proven wrong.

Patricia Parkinson

Tyldesley