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West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive

The West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (WYPTE) is the Passenger Transport Executive

Passenger Transport Executive

In the United Kingdom, passenger transport executives are Local government in the United Kingdom bodies which are responsible for public transport within large urban areas....
for the county of West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....
, England

England

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. It is the executive arm of the West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority (ITA) and was formed on 1 April 1974, with the formation of the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire. From the outset the trade name was known as Metro, originally with a suffix of its district; that is, Metro Leeds for Leeds, Metro Bradford for Bradford, Metro Kirklees for Huddersfield and Metro Calderdale for Halifax, however regional variations in branding have since been discontinued.

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The West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (WYPTE) is the Passenger Transport Executive

Passenger Transport Executive

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....
, England

England

MetroBus

Buses in West Yorkshire are operated by private companies, with early morning, late evening, Sunday and rural services often supported by Metro. They have a special rural bus section, which promotes a combination of minor local links and major long distance routes in the county.

Logo

Many will notice, especially film buffs that the logo is almost identical to the Metro Bus logo in Canada as seen in the film Gone in Sixty Seconds.

History

Bus fleet 1974-1980

New buses were purchased in large numbers at the outset, with Leyland Atlantean

Leyland Atlantean

The Leyland Atlantean was a model of double-decker bus built by Leyland Motors Ltd in the United Kingdom from 1958 to 1986.It pioneered the design of rear-engined, front entrance double deck buses in the UK, allowing for the introduction of "one person operated" buses, dispensing with the need for a Conductor ....
s and Fleetline

Daimler Fleetline

The Daimler Motor Company Fleetline was a rear-engined double-decker bus chassis built between 1960 and 1973 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, and from 1973 until 1980 in Farington, Lancashire, England....
s being bodied by Charles H. Roe

Charles H. Roe

Charles H. Roe Ltd. was a Yorkshire coachbuilder company. It was reformed in 1923 based at Cross Gates, Leeds Carriage Works, in Leeds. Then in 1947 was taken over by Park Royal Vehicles two years later along with parent company Park Royal Vehicles, it became part of Associated Equipment Company#Post war in 1949, which was merged with L...
of Leeds to a specific design for the PTE, with most of the Fleetlines going to Halifax, though a small number of Fleetlines were bodied by Northern Counties

Northern Counties

Northern Counties Motor and Engineering Company was a manufacturer of bus bodywork located in Wigan Lane, Wigan, in North West England....
. A number of MCW-Scania Metropolitans

Scania Metropolitan

The Scania Metropolitan was the first double decker bus model built jointly by Metro Cammell Weymann and Scania division of Saab-Scania. It was built between 1973 and 1978....
were also purchased. Single decks were met by short Leyland Leopard

Leyland Leopard

The Leyland Leopard was a mid-engined single-deck bus and coach chassis built by Leyland Motors between 1959 and 1982. It was popular with bus and coach operators throughout the British Isles....
s with Plaxton Derwent bodies usually for Halifax. The PTE also had a coach fleet which traded as MetroCoach, with the more upmarket coaches having being branded MetroCoach Executive: these were usually Leyland Leopard

Leyland Leopard

Plaxton

Plaxton is a builder of bus and coach vehicle bodies based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England....
and Duple bodies, but later Leyland Tiger

Leyland Tiger

The Leyland Tiger was a mid-engined bus and coach chassis which was built between 1981 and 1993. It replaced the Leyland Leopard, which had been in production for over 20 years....
s with the same bodies were also purchased including some Royal Tigers

Leyland Royal Tiger

The Leyland Royal Tiger was a rear-engined Coach built by Leyland Motors between 1982 and 1988. It was intended to counter the offerings of foreign competitors such as DAF Bus and Scania AB, but was not particularly successful, with only between 160 and 170 built....
with stylish Roe Doyen bodywork bought in 1983. The coach livery was ivory, red and brown.

In 1979 the last Fleetlines arrived for the PTE (making a total of 156 PTE specified Fleetlines), and towards the end of the year the a new batch of Atlanteans arrived with a revised driving position, which was made higher up, pantograph windscreen wipers, and a new interior decor which was akin to London Transport's with yellow/orange upper and green/brown lower panels and a new moquette (seat pattern), again, similar to LT's in a brown and orange pattern. This was the new standard interior specification.

In 1980 a batch of the new Leyland National 2

Leyland National

The Leyland National was a British single-deck bus built in large quantities between 1972 and 1985. It was developed as a joint project between two UK nationalised industries - the National Bus Company UK and British Leyland....
was purchased, and ten MCW Metrobus

MCW Metrobus

The MCW Metrobus is a double decker bus model manufactured by MCW from 1977 until 1989, with over 4,000 examples built. The original MkI model was superseded by the MkII model in 1981/1982, although production of the original MkI continued for London Regional Transport until 1985....
es arrived, five arriving in April and five in November.

As of 2008,the only signs of metrobus is the bus stop colours and signs in west yorkshire

Fleet livery

In 1976 modifications were made to the livery. Originally there were three stripes at the sides of the destination box that wrapped round to the sides of the bus and swept down. This took time to apply, and a trial was made with one thin line. In 1977 a further modification was made when the lines were removed entirely and the green area at the skirting area of was raised up: thus there was slightly more green. The other change was the fleet name, which was known as MetroBus, removing the district names.

New integrated bus system

During July 1981 MetroBus (the WYPTE) and the National Bus Company (NBC) formed a new integrated transport system for West Yorkshire, known as the "Metro-National Transport Company Ltd". All PTE and NBC buses in the West Yorkshire area began to appear with a new emblem, which consisted of the MetroBus WY's in one box and the NBC "double N" or "N-blem" appearing in another to the right of the PTE emblem, and slightly lower, both boxes were linked to show the integration. They also appeared with MetroBus fleetnames with "The easy way from here to there in West Yorkshire"

Bus fleet 1980-1986

December 1981 saw the last Atlanteans delivered to the PTE with VWW361X: numbered 6361 it carried the PTE standard Roe bodywork. In 1980/1 the PTE initially ordered 22 of the new Leyland Olympian

Leyland Olympian

The Leyland Motors Ltd Olympian was a double-decker bus built by British Leyland/Leyland Bus in the United Kingdom from 1980 to 1993....
s (although two were cancelled); also ordered was a further 10 MCW Metrobuses but with the 'new' Alexander RH-type bodywork. They also received two of three long National 2's VWU1331/2X (1331/2) with YWX333X (1333) arriving in early 1982. In October 1981 the first Olympian 5001 (reg UWW1X) arrived: this bus is now with Chester City Transport as HTU785X (this vehicle has however been out of service since June 2005), the second 5002 (UWW2X) arrived about the same time. The rest of the batch arrived during March 1982 and around the same time were the ten Alexander Metrobuses. More Olympians arrived from later in 1982-3.

January 1983 saw the arrival of 20 MCW Metrobus MK2's and a batch of Duple Dominant

Duple Dominant

The Duple Dominant was a design of Coach bodywork built by Duple Coachbuilders between 1972 and 1982. It had an all-steel structure....
bus bodied Leyland Tiger buses, which were dual-purpose. Also in 1983 two buses in Huddersfield were painted to mark 100 years of public transport in Huddersfield with Atlanteans 6299/300 (PUA299/300W), the former being painted in Huddersfield red and cream and the latter in Huddersfield Tramways livery. Later in the year more Olympians arrived, and during 1984 a total of 40 Metrobuses were purchased plus more Tigers. Charles H. Roe closed down at this time (although was to reopen in 1985 as Optare
Optare

Optare plc is a bus manufacturing and importer based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The company operates from three main business units, Bus Manufacturing, Coach Sales and Unitec....
) and the last batch of Roe-bodied Olympians made a total of 151 Roe-bodied Olympians, with the last complete bus being 5145 (B140RWY); six of the batch were coach-seated for MetroCoach - these vehicles however had only their shells built at Roe - the interiors were finished off at ECW.

In 1985 the PTE ordered 15 Leyland Olympians with Optare bodywork:

ten arrived in 1985, of which five were coach-seated (5507-5511), with TL11 engines, for MetroCoach. One of these (5511) was delivered in four-tone blue and white for the X33 White Rose express linking Bradford, Cleckheaton, Wakefield, and Sheffield; the other five were bus-seated with the usual Gardner 6LXB engines; three (5148-5150) had a full roof and two (5146/5147) were convertible open toppers.
the remaining five (5512-5516) arrived in Feb 1987.

In 1986 the company bought some minibuses: a batch of Optare-bodied Freight Rover Sherpas. These were 1701-1715. Also in 1986 fifteen Leyland Cubs were built - 1801 to 1815. Whilst all of these featured the same moquette as the coach-seated Olympians (5501-5516) built by Roe/ECW and Optare, only the first four Cubs had full coach seats, the remainder having lower seats with handrails on top.

1705 (Sherpa), 1807 (Cub), 5507 and 5515 (Olympians), 2004 (StarRider) are preserved by the Transport Yorkshire Preservation Group , and various other vehicles are in private preservation.

As of November 2008, the only bus with direct West Yorkshire PTE parentage still in service with a successor of WYPTE is Leyland Olympian 5150, C150KBT, which is expected to be withdrawn imminently, bringing a final closure to this chapter.

De-regulation

Bus deregulation

Bus deregulation in Great Britain came into force on 26 October 1986, as part of the Transport Act 1985.The 'Buses' White Paper was the basis of the Transport Act 1985, which provided for the deregulation of local bus services in the whole of the United Kingdom except for Northern Ireland and Greater London....
occurred on Sunday 26 October 1986. The WYPTE bus division was re-named Yorkshire Rider and with it a new livery of dark olive green and cream was used and a stylised "YR" emblem, five double-decker buses were operated in each of the municipal council's colours (already included were the two Huddersfield buses), with words on the sides between the decks saying "Building on a Great Tradition". The bus services and fare/bus pass/timtables division was re-named Metro. Throughout 1986/7 a lot of Freight-Rover Sherpa minibuses were purchased which was the craze during the early days of de-regulation, though bigger MCW Metrorider

MCW Metrorider

The MCW Metrorider, launched by MCW at the 1986 Motor Show, was a midibus designed and built by Metro Cammell Weymann between 1986 and 1989. Constructed in two lengths, 7.0 m and 8.4 m, the Metrorider was an integral bus, marking it out from its van-based rivals....
s were purchased in 1987/8. Yorkshire Rider privatised in October 1988, the first PTE to be privatised, during this time 50 new double-dckers arrived, 25 MCW Metrobuses and 25 low-height Northern Counties

Northern Counties

Northern Counties Motor and Engineering Company was a manufacturer of bus bodywork located in Wigan Lane, Wigan, in North West England....
Leyland Olympians, which featured yet again another interior decor change, with two tone grey panels, and a new moquette being two tone grey and pink with YR emblems on. These were the last order before privatisation. From then on the PTE (by now known as Metro) did not run buses anymore.

Current operators

As of 2007 the following companies are the primary service bus operators within West Yorkshire and are subject to Metro conditions and ticketing:

Arriva Yorkshire
Arriva Yorkshire

Arriva Yorkshire is a division of Arriva which operates bus services around West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and the southern areas of North Yorkshire in England....
in Dewsbury
Dewsbury

Dewsbury is a market town within the Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England. It is to the west of Wakefield, and lies by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation....
, Wakefield
Wakefield

Wakefield lies at the heart of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder, it had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
, Castleford
Castleford

Castleford is one of the five towns within the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. It is near to Pontefract, and has a population of 37,525 according to the 2001 Census....
, Pontefract
Pontefract

Pontefract is a market town in West Yorkshire, England, near the A1 road , the M62 motorway, and Castleford. It is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of approximately 35,000....
, Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
, Bradford
Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield....
, Halifax
Halifax, West Yorkshire

Halifax is a large market town within the Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of 82,056 in the United Kingdom Census 2001....
and Huddersfield
Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a large market town within the Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
.
Centrebus Holdings
Centrebus Holdings

Centrebus Holdings is bus company in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. It is a partnership between Arriva and Centrebus, created in May 2008 to purchase both Teamdeck and Stagecoach Yorkshire's Huddersfield operations....
who own K-Line
Teamdeck

Teamdeck is a bus operator based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. As of May 2008 it is owned by Centrebus Holdings, a partnership between Centrebus of Leicester and Arriva, but continues to trade under the K-Line identity....
in Huddersfield, and which Arriva have a 40% stake in.
First Leeds
First Leeds

First Leeds is a bus operator based in and around Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is a branch of FirstGroup, and is the dominant public transport company in the city....
in Leeds and Bradford.
First Bradford
First Bradford

First Bradford is one of the bus companies serving the area of West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of FirstGroup. The company operates the majority of services in the Bradford area, covered by Metro , a public body responsible for helping to co-ordinate public transport services in the West Yorkshire area....
in Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield and Leeds.
First Calderdale & Huddersfield
First Calderdale & Huddersfield

First Calderdale & Huddersfield is one of the bus companies serving the area of West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of FirstGroup, a company operating transport services across the British Isles and in North America....
in Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford, Leeds, Burnley
Burnley

Burnley is a large market town in the Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73,500. It lies east of Blackburn and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder, Lancashire and River Brun....
, Rochdale
Rochdale

Rochdale is a large market town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the Pennines on the River Roch, north-northwest of Oldham, and north-northeast of the city of Manchester....
, Oldham
Oldham

Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers River Irk and River Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester....
and Manchester
Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1853....
Keighley & District
Keighley & District

Keighley & District is a bus company based in Keighley in West Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Blazefield Group which is itself owned by the international transport company Transdev....
in Keighley
Keighley

Keighley is a town and civil parish within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated northwest of Bradford and is at the confluence of the River Aire and the River Worth....
, Leeds and Bradford
Harrogate & District
Harrogate & District

Transdev Harrogate & District is a local bus company based in Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Blazefield Group which is itself owned by the international transport company Transdev....
in Leeds onto Wetherby
Wetherby

Wetherby is a market town within the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, in West Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Wharfe, and has been for centuries a crossing place and staging post on the A1 road , being mid-way between London and Edinburgh....
, Harrogate
Harrogate

Harrogate is a large, wealthy spa town in North Yorkshire, England. The town is a popular tourist destination; its spa waters and the Harlow Carr are among the visitor attractions....
and Ripon
Ripon

Ripon is a cathedral city, market town and civil parish within the Harrogate , in North Yorkshire, England. It is located at the confluence of the Laver and Skell streams, which flow into the River Ure, south-west of Thirsk, south of Northallerton and north of Harrogate....
Stagecoach Yorkshire
Stagecoach Yorkshire

Stagecoach Yorkshire is an operating division of Stagecoach Group.It was formed in 2005 to take over the former Traction Group fleets in Yorkshire by Stagecoach Group, which took over Traction from Frank Carter on 14 December 2005; Yorkshire Traction, Yorkshire Terrier and Barnsley & District....
in Huddersfield, Wakefield and South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....
Halifax Bus Company in Halifax
Halifax Joint Committee
Halifax Joint Committee

Halifax Joint Committee is an independent bus company operating in and around Halifax, West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England. Its buses are painted in the livery of the former County Borough of Halifax bus undertaking which was taken over by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive on 1 April 1974....
in Halifax
Yorkshire Coastliner
Yorkshire Coastliner

Yorkshire Coastliner is a bus company based in Malton, North Yorkshire in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by the Blazefield Group who also own, amongst others, Harrogate & District and Keighley & District in Yorkshire....
in Leeds onto York
York

York is a walled city, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire and River Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city status in the United Kingdom is noted for its rich heritage and it has played an important role throughout much of its almost 2,000 year existence....
Stotts Coaches in Huddersfield

Interurban links

Leeds to Bradford:-
First service 72 (every 20 mins Monday-Saturday daytime, every 30 mins evenings and Sundays)
First service X6 (every 20 mins Monday-Saturday daytime)
Leeds to Dewsbury:-
Arriva
Arriva

Arriva plc is a United Kingdom-based international public transport operator, headquartered in Sunderland, County Durham. It has bus and/or rail operations in Denmark, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the United Kingdom....
services 202, 203 (every 15 mins Monday-Saturday daytime, every 30 mins evenings and Sundays)
Leeds to Halifax:-
First service 508 (every 20 mins Monday-Saturday daytime, every 30 mins evenings and Sundays)
Leeds to Huddersfield:-
Arriva services 202, 203, 209, 219, 220, 229 (regular Monday-Saturday daytime, at least every 20 mins evenings and Sundays)
First service X6 (every 20 mins Monday-Saturday daytime)
Leeds to Keighley:-
Keighley & District service 760 (every 30 mins Monday-Saturday daytime, every 60 mins evenings and Sundays)
Leeds to Wakefield:-
Arriva service 110 (every 10 mins Monday-Saturday daytime, every 20 mins evenings and Sundays).
Other local links provided by Arriva services 443, 444, 481.
Bradford to Dewsbury:-
Arriva service 253 (every 60 mins daily)
Arriva service 268 (every 12/15 mins Monday-Saturday daytime, every 60 mins evenings and Sundays)
Bradford to Halifax:-
Halifax Joint Committee service 509 (every 30 mins Monday-Saturday daytime and Bank Holidays)
First service 576 (every 10 mins Monday-Saturday daytime, every 30 mins evenings and Sundays)
Bradford to Huddersfield:-
First service 363 (every 20 mins Monday-Saturday daytime, every 30 mins evenings and Sundays)
First services X6 (every 20 mins Monday-Saturday daytime)
Bradford to Keighley:-
Keighley & District service 662 (every 10 mins Monday-Saturday daytime, every 30 mins evenings and Sundays)
Bradford to Wakefield:-
Arriva services 425, 427 (every 30 mins Monday-Saturday daytime, every 60 mins evenings and Sundays)
Dewsbury to Halifax:-
Arriva service 278 (every 60 mins daily)
Dewsbury to Huddersfield:-
Arriva services 202, 203, (every 15 mins Monday-Saturday daytime, every 30 mins evenings and Sundays)
Stagecoach Yorkshire
Stagecoach Yorkshire

Stagecoach Yorkshire is an operating division of Stagecoach Group.It was formed in 2005 to take over the former Traction Group fleets in Yorkshire by Stagecoach Group, which took over Traction from Frank Carter on 14 December 2005; Yorkshire Traction, Yorkshire Terrier and Barnsley & District....
service 262 (every 30 mins Monday-Saturday daytime)
Dewsbury to Wakefield:-
Arriva service 126/7 (every 10 mins Monday-Saturday daytime, every 30 mins evenings and Sundays)
Halifax to Huddersfield:-
First service 501 (every 60 mins evenings and Sundays)
First service 503 (every 10 mins Monday-Saturday daytime, every 60 mins evenings and Sundays)
Halifax to Wakefield:-
Arriva service 278 (every 60 mins daily)
Huddersfield to Wakefield:-
Stagecoach Yorkshire service 231/2
Please note that some Sunday evening services may run to a reduced frequency compared to the daytime frequency. Evening services on the most frequent routes tend to finish around 2300.

Bank Holidays
Generally speaking:

Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day - no service. Some free services are provided by volunteers using buses from the Keighley Bus Museum Trust during Christmas day daytime. In 2007 Metro have agreed to provide trial services on main routes in Huddersfield and Leeds on Boxing Day
Boxing Day

Boxing Day is a bank holiday or a public holiday in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and countries in the Commonwealth of Nations with a mainly Christian population....
2007.
Christmas and New Year's Eves - Saturday service (or Sunday service if these days fall on a Sunday), but with early finish.
Weekdays between Xmas and New Year - Saturday service. Any Bank Holidays in lieu of Christmas Day falling on a weekend will have a Sunday service
Bank Holiday Mondays - Sunday service (except Saturday service on Harrogate and District, and where otherwise stated).
Good Friday - normal service.

Check before travel on the Metro website at http://www.wymetro.com.

MetroTrain

Local and inter-urban rail services within West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....
and the surrounding areas, which are part funded by Metro are advertised under MetroTrain brand. Some trains, which are sponsored or wholly owned by Metro, also carry MetroTrain livery. As of 2008 the MetroTrain brand is no longer used and West Yorkshire's Rail Network is used instead.

Routes
The MetroTrain services are as shown below; long distance services that also use the routes are included:

Airedale Line
Airedale Line

The Airedale Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the Metro area of northern England. The service is operated by Northern Rail, on the route connecting Leeds and Bradford with Skipton in the North of England....
: Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
/Bradford
Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield....
- Skipton
Skipton

Skipton is a civil parish and historic market town in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is a popular tourist destination in its own right, as well as being a convenient base for visitors to the Yorkshire Dales ....
- Lancaster - Morecambe
Morecambe

Morecambe is a seaside resort within the City of Lancaster district of Lancashire, England. As of 2003 it has a resident population of about 45,000....
/Settle - Carlisle
Carlisle

Carlisle is in the City of Carlisle, a district of Cumbria in North West England. It is located at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, River Caldew and River Petteril, south of the Anglo-Scottish border....
Caldervale Line
Caldervale Line

The Caldervale Line is a railway route in Northern England between the cities of Leeds and Manchester as well as the seaside resort of Blackpool....
: Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
- Bradford
Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield....
- Halifax
Halifax, West Yorkshire

Halifax is a large market town within the Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of 82,056 in the United Kingdom Census 2001....
- Manchester Victoria
Manchester Victoria station

Manchester Victoria station is the second of Manchester's mainline railway stations. It is also a Manchester Metrolink station, one of eight that are within the City Zone....
/Blackpool
Blackpool

Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Lying along the coast of the Irish Sea, it has a population of 142,900, making it the North West England#Important cities and towns settlement in North West England behind Manchester, Liverpool and Warrington....
Hallam Line
Hallam Line

The Hallam Line is the name given to one of the rail services, operated by Northern Rail, in the Metro / South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive area of northern England....
: Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
- Barnsley
Barnsley

Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Dearne, north of the city of Sheffield, south of Leeds and west of Doncaster....
- Sheffield
Sheffield

Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city....
Harrogate Line
Harrogate Line

The Harrogate Line is the name given to a passenger rail service through parts of North Yorkshire and the Metro area of northern England connecting Leeds to York by way of Harrogate and Knaresborough....
: Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
- Harrogate
Harrogate

Harrogate is a large, wealthy spa town in North Yorkshire, England. The town is a popular tourist destination; its spa waters and the Harlow Carr are among the visitor attractions....
- York
York

York is a walled city, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire and River Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city status in the United Kingdom is noted for its rich heritage and it has played an important role throughout much of its almost 2,000 year existence....
Huddersfield Line
Huddersfield Line

The Huddersfield Line is the name given to one of the busiest rail services on the Metro network in northern England. Local services are operated by Northern Rail with longer distance services operated by TransPennine Express....
: Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
/Wakefield
Wakefield

Wakefield lies at the heart of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder, it had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
- Huddersfield
Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a large market town within the Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
- Manchester Piccadilly
Manchester Piccadilly station

Manchester Piccadilly station, known locally as just Piccadilly, is the principal railway station of Manchester in England. It serves intercity routes to Euston railway station, Birmingham New Street railway station, Cardiff Central railway station and the south, Edinburgh Waverley railway station, Glasgow Central railway station, and r...
- Manchester Airport/Liverpool
Liverpool

Liverpool [] is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a History of borough status in England and Wales in 1207 and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1880....
Leeds-Bradford Line Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
- Bradford Forster Square/Interchange
Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield....
Penistone Line
Penistone Line

The Penistone Line is the name given to one of the rail services, operated by Northern Rail, in the Metro / Travel South Yorkshire area of northern England....
: Huddersfield
Huddersfield

Huddersfield is a large market town within the Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
- Barnsley
Barnsley

Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Dearne, north of the city of Sheffield, south of Leeds and west of Doncaster....
- Sheffield
Sheffield

Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city....
Pontefract Line
Pontefract Line

The Pontefract Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the Metro area of northern England. The service is operated by Northern Rail, and links Wakefield and Leeds with Goole via Pontefract ....
: Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
/Wakefield
Wakefield

Wakefield lies at the heart of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder, it had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
- Pontefract
Pontefract

Pontefract is a market town in West Yorkshire, England, near the A1 road , the M62 motorway, and Castleford. It is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of approximately 35,000....
- Goole
Goole

Goole is a town, civil parish and seaport located approximately inland on the River Ouse, Yorkshire in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The port is "highly versatile", and is capable of handling nearly 3 million tonnes of cargo per annum, making it one of the most important ports on the east coast of England....
Wakefield Line
Wakefield Line

The Wakefield line is the name given to one of the rail services in the Metro /Travel South Yorkshire area of northern England. The service connects Leeds and Wakefield with Sheffield and Doncaster....
: Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
- Wakefield
Wakefield

Wakefield lies at the heart of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder, it had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
- Doncaster
Doncaster

Doncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is located about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"....
- Sheffield
Sheffield

Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city....
Wharfedale Line
Wharfedale Line

The Wharfedale Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the Metro area of northern England. The service connects Leeds and Bradford with Ilkley, and is operated by Northern Rail....
: Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
/Bradford
Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield....
- Ilkley
Ilkley

Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in West Yorkshire, in the North of England England. Ilkley civil parish includes the adjacent village of Ben Rhydding and is a ward within the City of Bradford....
York & Selby Lines
York & Selby Lines

The York & Selby Lines is the name given to a group of services in the Metro area, connecting Leeds with places to its north and east: as well as the Northern Rail local services to York and Selby, the services extend to:...
: Leeds
Leeds

Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
- Selby
Selby

Selby is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Situated south of the city of York, along the course of the River Ouse, Selby is the largest and, with a population of 13,012, most populous settlement of the wider Selby ....
- York
York

York is a walled city, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire and River Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city status in the United Kingdom is noted for its rich heritage and it has played an important role throughout much of its almost 2,000 year existence....
- Hull
Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull , almost invariably referred to as Hull, is a City status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England....
- Scarborough - Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough is a town in the Tees Valley conurbation of North East England and sits within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. It is the largest and most populous settlement within the Middlesbrough , which encompasses the town and several outlying villages which have become suburbs....
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Situated on the north bank of the River Tyne, the city developed from a Roman Empire settlement called Pons Aelius, though it owes its name to the Newcastle Castle built in 1080, by Robert Curthose, the eldest son of...

The timetables also include the local services between Leeds and Bradford, and between Leeds and Sheffield.

Re-opened stations

WYPTE has had a programme of reopening railway stations throughout its existence and has reopened at least 20 stations in West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of List of ceremonial counties of England by population....
since it came into being in 1974. The stations it has reopened are:

1982 - Deighton

Deighton railway station

Deighton railway station serves the Deighton, West Yorkshire area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.Deighton station is the first station north east after Huddersfield railway station on the Huddersfield Line towards Leeds railway station....
, Fitzwilliam

Fitzwilliam railway station

Fitzwilliam railway station is in the village of Fitzwilliam, West Yorkshire near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.The station is on the Wakefield Line operated by Northern Rail....
, Crossflatts

Crossflatts railway station

Crossflatts railway station serves the Crossflatts area of Bingley, north of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. The station is on the Airedale Line, north west of Leeds and north west of Bradford Forster Square....
and Slaithwaite

Slaithwaite railway station

Slaithwaite railway station serves the village of Slaithwaite near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. The station is west of Huddersfield railway station on the Huddersfield Line between Huddersfield and Manchester Victoria station....

1983 - Bramley

Bramley (West Yorkshire) railway station

Bramley railway station serves the suburb of Bramley, West Yorkshire, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Caldervale Line west from Leeds railway station....

1984 - Saltaire

Saltaire railway station

Saltaire railway station serves the village of Saltaire near Shipley, West Yorkshire in West Yorkshire, England.The original station was opened in May 1856 in rail transport....

1987 - East Garforth

East Garforth railway station

East Garforth railway station serves Garforth in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the York and Selby Lines, operated by Northern Rail east of Leeds railway station....
, Sandall and Agbrigg

Sandal and Agbrigg railway station

Sandal and Agbrigg railway station serves the Wakefield suburbs of Sandal, Wakefield and Agbrigg in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Wakefield Line and is operated by Northern Rail....
and Frizinghall

Frizinghall railway station

Frizinghall railway station is situated in the Frizinghall district of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The station, which is an unstaffed halt north of Bradford Forster Square railway station, and all trains serving it are operated by Northern Rail....

1988 - Burley Park

Burley Park railway station

Burley Park railway station in Leeds, West Yorkshire is the first stop on the Harrogate Line, north west of Leeds railway station towards Harrogate railway station and York railway station....
, Outwood

Outwood railway station

Outwood railway station is situated in the Outwood, West Yorkshire district of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.Outwood is the first stop on the Wakefield Line after Leeds railway station for trains going towards Wakefield Westgate railway station, Doncaster railway station and Sheffield railway station....
and Cottingley

Cottingley railway station

Cottingley railway station serves the Cottingley, Leeds area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies south west of Leeds railway station on the Huddersfield Line....

1989 - Berry Brow

Berry Brow railway station

Berry Brow railway station serves the Huddersfield suburban villages of Berry Brow, Taylor Hill, Armitage Bridge and Newsome in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire....

1990 - Walsden

Walsden railway station

Walsden railway station serves the village of Walsden in West Yorkshire, England, on the edge of the Pennines.It is served by the Caldervale Line operated by Northern Rail....
and Steeton and Silsden

1992 - Streethouse

Streethouse railway station

Streethouse railway station serves the village of Streethouse in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, operated by Northern Rail and is east of Wakefield Kirkgate railway station....
, Featherstone

Featherstone railway station

Featherstone railway station serves the town of Featherstone in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, operated by Northern Rail, east of Wakefield Kirkgate railway station....
, Pontefract Tanshelf. These three stations reopened on the same day, 12 May, when the line between Pontefract Monkhill and Wakefield Kirkgate

Wakefield Kirkgate railway station

Wakefield Kirkgate railway station is a railway station in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. Depite being older than the nearby Wakefield Westgate railway station, Kirkgate is unstaffed and served only by local trains....
was reopened.

2000 - Brighouse

Brighouse railway station

Brighouse railway station serves the town of Brighouse in West Yorkshire, England.The station lies on the Caldervale Line and the Huddersfield Line running west from Leeds....
This station was opened when the Halifax to Huddersfield link was re-opened to passengers. Plans for a station in Elland

Elland

Elland is a market town in Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England, south of Halifax, West Yorkshire, by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation....
were cancelled.

2005 - Glasshoughton

Glasshoughton railway station

Glasshoughton railway station serves Glasshoughton, near Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Pontefract Line, operated by Northern Rail, south east from Leeds railway station....
. A new station serving Glasshoughton

Glasshoughton

Glasshoughton is a small area close to Castleford and Pontefract in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is home to Xscape , an indoor ski slope, and Junction 32, a shopping outlet....
and the nearby Xscape

Xscape (building)

Xscape buildings are large, strikingly designed and unusually shaped buildings. Typically they contain a real snow indoor ski slope, leisure facilities and related shops....
complex.

There are also plans to reopen further stations including at Apperley Bridge

Apperley Bridge railway station

Apperley Bridge was a station on the line between Leeds City railway station and Shipley railway station, West Yorkshire, England, between 1846 and 1965....
and Kirkstall Forge

Kirkstall Forge railway station

Kirkstall Forge is a proposed station between Leeds City railway station and Shipley railway station, West Yorkshire, England. West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive, the Passenger Transport Executive for West Yorkshire, intends to open the station, along with Apperley Bridge railway station, by 2011....
on the Airedale Line

Airedale Line

The Airedale Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the Metro area of northern England. The service is operated by Northern Rail, on the route connecting Leeds and Bradford with Skipton in the North of England....
, hopefully by late 2010/early 2011, and Low Moor

Low Moor railway station

Low Moor railway station was a station situated between Bradford Interchange and Halifax railway station on the Caldervale Line, located close to Low Moor, Bradford, an area to the south of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England....
near Bradford on the Caldervale Line

Caldervale Line

The Caldervale Line is a railway route in Northern England between the cities of Leeds and Manchester as well as the seaside resort of Blackpool....
. New stations are planned at Horsforth Woodside

Horsforth Woodside railway station

Horsforth Woodside is a proposed railway station to be built on the site of Woodside Quarry near Horsforth in West Yorkshire, England. It would be located on the Harrogate Line near the extant Horsforth railway station which would also stay open....
and East Leeds Parkway

East Leeds Parkway railway station

East Leeds Parkway is a proposed railway station, to be sited near Micklefield in West Yorkshire on the York and Selby Lines.It will be served by trains from the west of Leeds which would normally terminate at Leeds railway station; by continuing eastwards to this station, it is hoped that extra capacity for through trains would be created...

As of 2008 the current MetroTrain brand is being phased out by Northern Rail. The branding is still seen on some British Rail Class 321

British Rail Class 321

The British Rail Class 321 alternating current electric multiple units were built by BREL York in three batches from 1986-1989. The design was very successful and led to the development of the similar British Rail Class 320 and British Rail Class 322 units for use by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and Stansted Express respectively....
s, British Rail Class 333

British Rail Class 333

The British Rail Class 333 electric multiple units were built by Siemens AG and are based on the British Rail Class 332 trains operated by Heathrow Express....
s but these are currently being re-painted with Northern's own branding.

Operators

Most local services are run by Northern Rail

Northern Rail

Northern Rail is a train operating company that has operated local passenger services in the north of England since 2004. Northern Rail's owner, Serco-NedRailways, is a consortium formed of NedRailways and Serco, an international operator of public transport systems....
, and longer-distance routes in West Yorkshire are served by TransPennine Express, National Express East Coast

National Express East Coast

National Express East Coast is the name under which the train operating company NXEC Trains Ltd operates the InterCity East Coast rail franchise, which includes services in England and Scotland along the East Coast Main Line....
, CrossCountry

CrossCountry

CrossCountry is a train operating company, the brand name of XC Trains Limited owned by Arriva, that has operated Great Britain?s Cross Country rail franchise since 11 November 2007....
and East Midlands Trains

East Midlands Trains

East Midlands Trains is a List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom operating in the United Kingdom. Based in Derby, it provides train services in the East Midlands and surrounding areas, chiefly in the counties of South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire....
.

Leeds SuperTram

In 2001 Metro (the West Yorkshire PTE), came up with Leeds Supertram

Leeds Supertram

The Leeds Supertram was a proposed light rail/tram system in Leeds and West Yorkshire....
, with the idea of operating (and, to some extent bringing back) a tram network for Leeds. After the original scheme exceeded its budget, the Government asked Metro to look at ways of reducing cost of Supertram. In the spring of 2005 Metro went back to the Government with a re-costed plan but the Secretary of State for Transport (then Alistair Darling) rejected the proposal after the 2005 General Election. Mr. Darling, responded by pointing to plans by a private bus operator for a bus system where the vehicles were designed to look like trams.

The failure of the Leeds SuperTram project is considered one of the major victims of the "Darling Axe".

This is not the first time such as scheme has been unsuccessfully pursued. In the mid-1980s the PTE was interesed in bringing back trolleybuses in Bradford, but this came to naught.

West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive

MetroBus

Logo

History

Bus fleet 1974-1980

Fleet livery

New integrated bus system

Bus fleet 1980-1986

De-regulation

Current operators

Interurban links

Bank Holidays

MetroTrain

Routes

Re-opened stations

Operators

Leeds SuperTram

See also

External links