Trial in Rotherham

10 metre length of LR55 rail installed in March 1993, in the entrance to Rotherham Bus Station. Buses crossed, turned around and passed along the rail. The trial was concluded in Sept. 1995 after about 2 million buses had impacted on the LR55 sample.

The track remained in good condition. After a year visual monitoring confirmed that the LR55 track had not deteriorated or failed. This trial represented about 30 years traffic in a typical urban radial road.

A trench was dug under the site in Sept. 1994 to expose the track construction. The concrete trough showed no signs of failure or deterioration. This was inspected by interested parties including the Railway Inspectorate, public utility representatives etc. The trench showed the shallow construction of the track and that concrete troughs are self supporting over trenches.