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These services initially only called at Leeds, Seacroft and York, with route X40 running fast to Whitby, and route X43 to Scarborough and Bridlington. The routes operated only during the summer season (July–September), and improved journey times by up to an hour. [20] However, the routes were axed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Leeds railway station is one of the busiest in Britain, and Leeds is connected to the national road network via the A1(M) motorway, M1 motorway and M62 motorway. The city is served by Leeds Bradford Airport. [2] [3] The main type of public transport in Leeds is bus services. Intracity services are mainly provided by First Leeds.
The first phase proposes a Leeds Line running from St James's Hospital to White Rose Shopping Centre, and a Bradford Line running from Leeds to a new Bradford train station. [14] A future case for connecting Leeds to Dewsbury will be consulted on separately via a £1 million Dewsbury Line Development Project fund. [15]
The service levels at the station were increased significantly at the summer 2018 timetable change and modified again in December 2018 – trains on the York to Leeds line now call hourly each way throughout the day, whilst many York to Hull and Bridlington trains also stop (previously only a limited peak service was provided on this route).
For a while a Leeds-Scarborough route ran through Wetherby station. [12] The line went into decline under British Railways despite dieselisation in 1958, [13] eliminating the problem of trackside fires. By the end of 1963, Leeds to Wetherby services had been reduced to four on weekdays together with an extra service on Saturdays. [13]
Buses run from the bus station around the town of Keighley. They also run as far afield as Burnley (extending to Padiham and Accrington until 2011), Skipton (extending to Grassington until 2011), Ilkley (extended to Otley and Leeds Bradford Airport in 2016), Leeds (extending to Wetherby from 1993 to 1997), Bradford and Hebden Bridge (previously Todmorden until 2007).
The Harrogate to Church Fenton Line was augmented by the Cross Gates to Wetherby Line, which was opened on 1 May 1876. [1] After construction of a double track allowing through trains from Leeds to Harrogate via Wetherby, [1] the York Road station closed for passengers and Wetherby's new station was opened in 1902 on Linton Road.
The bus station is 800 metres away from Leeds railway station meaning there is no central transport hub in Leeds. To answer this a small bus interchange was constructed at the railway station in 2005 and linked to the bus station by a FreeCityBus service, which was replaced by the LeedsCityBus service in April 2011. [3]