The title says it all really.
Proposals are in the water for the streetcars which used to run the '4' In York and Leeds are being looked to as replacements for double decked on the 72 route.
http://m.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk...lan-leeds-and-bradford-bus-overhaul-1-4643155
Proposals are in the water for the streetcars which used to run the '4' In York and Leeds are being looked to as replacements for double decked on the 72 route.
http://m.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk...lan-leeds-and-bradford-bus-overhaul-1-4643155
Transport giant First is ready to assemble a buses ‘superfleet’ to help meet the demand for commuter services between Leeds and Bradford.
The proposed fleet would be made up of the firm’s much-vaunted streetcar vehicles, which have been running on the Pudsey-Seacroft number 4 route in Leeds since 2007.
First is now planning to take its extra-long streetcars off that route for use on the 72 corridor that operates between Leeds and Bradford via Armley, Stanningley and Thornbury.
If the firm goes ahead with its proposals, those vehicles would be joined on the 72 by another batch of streetcars that until recently were based in York.
Conventional double-deckers would run on Leeds’s 4 route under the new set-up, which could be introduced as early as October this year.
First has developed plans for the scheme with council bosses in Leeds and Bradford as well as Metro, West Yorkshire’s publicly-funded passenger transport authority.
Metro chairman Coun James Lewis said: “The improved service would help reduce congestion by offering commuters an attractive alternative to the car.”