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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.
The first phase now 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]
Leeds has a "public transport box" around a pedestrian core – these are clusters of bus stops on Eastgate, The Headrow, Park Row, Infirmary Street [16] Boar Lane, Vicar Lane, Leeds Corn Exchange [17] Albion Street, Cookridge Street, and outside the main entrance to the railway station for services linking the railway station with the rest of ...
The service was withdrawn in September 2018 following competition from independent operator, SquarePeg Buses, as well as the expected implementation of a low-emission zone in Leeds. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In October 2018, the company commenced operation of route 64, which runs between Aberford and Leeds via Cross Gates , under contract to First Leeds .
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).
At the time of the 1923 Grouping the Harrogate area formed the junction for five routes: the main line was that of the Leeds-Northallerton railway; the other lines were to: Pateley Bridge; Pilmoor on the East Coast Main Line, the junction for the line to York (the only remaining section open) Wetherby, the junction with the Cross Gates ...
In partnership with Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Combined Authority, First Leeds also operates a network of park and ride bus services in the city. As of June 2022, there are three sites at Elland Road , Temple Green and Stourton , numbered P&R1-3 respectively.
In 2012, the company introduced eight brand-new single-decker Optare Versa vehicles to serve local routes within Harrogate. These buses operated on routes 2 (to Bilton), 3 (to Jennyfield), and 6 (to Pannal Ash) under the new brand name Harrogate Connect, [16] [17] with the original butterscotch and burgundy livery being revised and replaced by a new red and black colour scheme.