A new station close to Leeds Bus station/Minster, with a connecting covered footbridge would be beneficial to Leeds but the viaduct has to be widened to at least three tracks, preferably four, first to permit local cross city stopping trains to call. This would take some pressure off west end bay platforms by converting terminating trains into through trains with less station dwell time, but who is going to pay for all this new infrastructure to sort out overcrowding at Leeds?.
These cross city trains could terminate and turn round on the old Wetherby line beyond Scholes by the A64 as 10,000 houses are being built here but unfortunately Leeds City Council have no foresight and instead of future proofing the disused trackbed they propose to obliterate it by building houses across it. No wonder Leeds is the second most air polluted city in the UK 'cos the Council does not provide sufficient public transport for its needs relying on the internal combustion engine. 30-40 minutes from here by bus, train would be 10-15 minutes with stops at Scholes, Pendas Way, Cross Gates and Leeds Minster/Bus Station.
These cross city trains could terminate and turn round on the old Wetherby line beyond Scholes by the A64 as 10,000 houses are being built here but unfortunately Leeds City Council have no foresight and instead of future proofing the disused trackbed they propose to obliterate it by building houses across it. No wonder Leeds is the second most air polluted city in the UK 'cos the Council does not provide sufficient public transport for its needs relying on the internal combustion engine. 30-40 minutes from here by bus, train would be 10-15 minutes with stops at Scholes, Pendas Way, Cross Gates and Leeds Minster/Bus Station.