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It links Leeds, Tadcaster, York and Malton with the coastal towns of Whitby (840) and Scarborough (843). The routes are some of the longest public transport bus services in England, [3] and the 840 was voted to be the "most scenic bus route in Britain" in a nationwide poll. [4] [5] [6] [7]
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 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.
Richmond Hill lies close to the Leeds Inner Ring Road, and major routes in and out of the city which provides the area with many bus services. Most bus services are operated by First Leeds. The route 4 bus runs to the city centre, Seacroft, Gipton, Harehills, St James' Hospital, Wortley, Bramley and Pudsey.
Bus services briefly resumed on 2 July when the strike was suspended to allow union members to be balloted on an increased pay offer from Arriva, [27] [28] however the offer was rejected by 53.7% of union members, with the strike resuming on 13 July.
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.
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.
My bus is a school bus service provided by West Yorkshire Metro with certain features which set it apart from normal school transport services in the United Kingdom: [5] [6] a dedicated fleet of school buses (rather than ordinary transit buses or coaches borrowed from other duties); additional use of these vehicles is limited to school and ...