West Yorkshire mass transit

[WAO]

If they can't contrive to get an EMU to run from Leeds to York, how can they expect to obtain £4.2Bn for just one metropolitan area?. Local elections coming up...

The words "walk", "before" and "run" spring to mind.

WAO

 

[YorksLad12]

If they can't contrive to get an EMU to run from Leeds to York, how can they expect to obtain £4.2Bn for just one metropolitan area?. Local elections coming up...

The words "walk", "before" and "run" spring to mind.

WAO

Not so much the local elections as the Mayoral one. The old PTE/PTA/CA managed to get a funding deal (£1.2bn rings a bell) without having to commit to a Mayor, but the new funding deal means we have to have one. The CA becomes a Mayoral Combined Authority, and the reverse takeover by the LEP is complete... whether they get additional funding and the ability to spend it wisely I leave to the reader.

 

[quantinghome]

If they can't contrive to get an EMU to run from Leeds to York, how can they expect to obtain £4.2Bn for just one metropolitan area?. Local elections coming up...

The words "walk", "before" and "run" spring to mind.

WAO

Like other successful transit schemes: in stages. It's entirely logical to set out a general masterplan and then build it out step by step. No doubt some details will change and the overall plan evolve over time.