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Mass transit systems have been considered in the region before, mostly focussing on Leeds, which had a Supertram project gaining royal assent in 1993 - conventional tramways existed in Leeds up until 1959. [1] The route was to have proceeded north from a point near to the old M621/M1 motorway junction [note 2] into central Leeds as route 1 ...
In the 1960s Leeds set about building the most ambitious ring road plan of any British city. The road is designated as a motorway, and describes a semicircle round the western, northern and eastern parts of the city centre. The road is elevated at its western and eastern ends but in cutting and tunnel to the north.
Metro is the passenger information brand used by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in England. It was formed on 1 April 1974 as the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive ( WYPTE ), at the same time as the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire. [ 1 ]
An East Leeds Parkway railway station near Micklefield has been proposed to relieve Leeds station, [3] but plans have been put on hold, and an alternative site at Thorpe Park is also considered. [4] After the junction, the line to Selby continues on the route of the Leeds and Selby Railway with the following stations: South Milford
The Wakefield line is a railway line and service in the West Yorkshire Metro and South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive areas of northern England. The Wakefield line is coloured yellow on maps and publications by West Yorkshire Metro. [1]
The Pontefract line is one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. The service is operated by Northern, and links Wakefield and Leeds with Goole via Pontefract. The Metro timetable for the line also includes services operated as the Dearne Valley line between York and Sheffield via Pontefract.
Huddersfield Line: Leeds or Wakefield Kirkgate - Huddersfield - Manchester Piccadilly - Manchester Airport or Liverpool; Leeds-Bradford Line: Leeds - Bradford Forster Square or Interchange (not a separate line, but a composite timetable of all Leeds to Bradford services on the Airedale and Calderdale Lines.)
The Leeds service began on 30 January 2006 and was the first bus service in West Yorkshire to use this format and was operated by First West Yorkshire.Metro renamed the service LeedsCityBus and introduced a flat 50-pence fare for each journey, with the service running a six-month trial period from 1 April 2011.