Consultation on tram routes in Leeds and Bradford
July 15, 2024
The consultation involves consideration of route options for a tram line between Leeds and Bradford and the first step of a Leeds network with trams between the White Rose Centre and St James' Hospital in Leeds.
As trams will not have the same speed as trains which currently operate two routes between Leeds and Bradford — one between Leeds and Bradford Interchange in around 18 minutes and Leeds and Bradford Forster Square in 25 minutes — it will be important that a tram route brings benefit to new areas in-between that do not already have a nearby station.
On the Leeds route there should also soon be fast trains between the White Rose Office Park and Leeds station with a near-complete but delayed new station there, built with a £26.5m budget to straddle the top of a railway embankment on a line being upgraded for faster trans-Pennine trains. However, a tram route to the same destination should be able to provide extra connections through a careful choice of route either past the Elland Road football ground or via Dewsbury Road or via Beeston. Consideration is also being made on how trams would pass through the city centre and out towards St James' Hospital as the first step towards possible future phases in north and north-east Leeds where there are no existing railway routes.
During the first part of consultation, from July 15 to September 30, members of the public are being invited to provide feedback on a number of options for the two phase one routes. There will be further consultation next year on a preferred route with stop details and then a works application in 2026 to the Government's Transport Secretary with a view to work beginning on a tram network by 2028.
Find out more and provide feedback on the scheme at these 
West Yorkshire Combined Authority mass transit consultation
West Yorkshire Combined Authority mass transit consultationLeeds Bradford
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