A bus that can pass through on roads and water is to be trialled on the River Clyde next week.
The £700,000 Dutch-made "amfibus" will be tested on the water among Renfrew and Yoker on Monday.
Operator Stagecoach said it could ultimately replace the presented ferry service on the route which is to be scrapped from March due to costs.
The vehicle runs like a common coach on the road but when in water uses a hull to float and is motorized by twin jets.
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) which operates the 500-year-old Renfrew to Yoker ferry service designated to withdraw it last month as part of wider moves to save £2.5m from next year's budget.
If the experiment of the "amfibus" proves victorious it would be the first use in the UK of such a vehicle for commuters, as before the technology has only been used for freedom and excursions.
Stagecoach held it would run by road from Braehead to the Renfrew ferry slipway, irritated the Clyde to Yoker and after that journey by road to Clydebank.
The amphibious bus can bear up to 50 passengers and attain a speed of eight knots. It will not be open to fare-paying customers throughout the trial demonstration.
Brian Souter, Stagecoach Group chief executive said that this is an exciting transport project that would provide a seamless bus link among two important local communities.
Passengers can use the 'amfibus' to travel over road and water exclusive of having to leave the console of their seat to change from a bus to a ferry.
It shows the probable of Scotland's rivers and estuaries to be connect rather than barriers to travel and we are looking further to testing the technology on the Clyde.
The company has already agreed out tests of the "amfibus" in Rotterdam.
The £700,000 Dutch-made "amfibus" will be tested on the water among Renfrew and Yoker on Monday.
Operator Stagecoach said it could ultimately replace the presented ferry service on the route which is to be scrapped from March due to costs.
The vehicle runs like a common coach on the road but when in water uses a hull to float and is motorized by twin jets.
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) which operates the 500-year-old Renfrew to Yoker ferry service designated to withdraw it last month as part of wider moves to save £2.5m from next year's budget.
If the experiment of the "amfibus" proves victorious it would be the first use in the UK of such a vehicle for commuters, as before the technology has only been used for freedom and excursions.
Stagecoach held it would run by road from Braehead to the Renfrew ferry slipway, irritated the Clyde to Yoker and after that journey by road to Clydebank.
The amphibious bus can bear up to 50 passengers and attain a speed of eight knots. It will not be open to fare-paying customers throughout the trial demonstration.
Brian Souter, Stagecoach Group chief executive said that this is an exciting transport project that would provide a seamless bus link among two important local communities.
Passengers can use the 'amfibus' to travel over road and water exclusive of having to leave the console of their seat to change from a bus to a ferry.
It shows the probable of Scotland's rivers and estuaries to be connect rather than barriers to travel and we are looking further to testing the technology on the Clyde.
The company has already agreed out tests of the "amfibus" in Rotterdam.
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