{"id":100561,"date":"2025-05-14T10:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/100561\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:43:13","slug":"2-billion-project-just-got-a-step-closer-to-being-built","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/100561\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a32 Billion Project Just Got a Step Closer to Being Built"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/leeds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> is the largest European city without any kind of light rail or metro system? That means that if you want to get\u00a0further afield without a car, you\u2019re\u00a0limited to the bus, which can be a right pain during rush hour. But, things are finally changing.\u00a0 Last year plans were announced for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/uk\/news\/a-vast-2-billion-tram-network-will-soon-connect-these-two-northern-cities-031224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vast new tram network in the city<\/a>, however it needs a lot of money in order to become a reality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, to get things moving, Tracy Brabin, the mayor of West Yorkshire, called on the government to approve \u00a31bn in funding. Once approved, construction on the \u00a32.5bn tram system\u00a0will be able to start\u00a0by 2028.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brabin\u00a0has previously said that the network would be \u2018transformational for the north\u2019. In a recent statement, she added: \u2018To grow the economy, we need to invest in transport. We\u2019re on a mission to get spades in the ground on a tram network by 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This is going to be a game changer for West Yorkshire, and we\u2019re determined to deliver.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 5,000\u00a0individuals and organisations took part in a consultation with\u00a0West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) over the plans. In February, WYCA reported that more than two-thirds were in favour of the proposed tram route.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first phase of the project is focusing on two main lines \u2013 one in Bradford and one in Leeds. Exact routes haven\u2019t been decided yet, but for the Bradford line, the project aims to\u00a0connect Bradford and Leeds city centres and cover areas such as Thornbury, Laisterdyke, Pudsey, Armley and Wortley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For the Leeds line, proposed routes\u00a0prioritise\u00a0key locations like\u00a0Leeds General Infirmary, the South Bank, Holbeck and Beeston.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The WYCA says that it will use the consultation feedback to help them select their preferred options. More than three quarters of the participants\u00a0supported a line\u00a0from St James&#8217;s Hospital in the north of Leeds to the White Rose Shopping Centre in the south of the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>ICYMI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/uk\/news\/inside-1-billion-plans-for-the-welsh-tube-041325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inside \u00a31 billion plans for the \u2018Welsh tube\u2019<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Plus:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/uk\/news\/inside-plans-for-a-189-million-very-light-rail-system-in-coventry-050625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inside plans for a \u00a3189 million \u2018Very Light Rail\u2019 transport system in Coventry<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay in the loop: sign up to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/uk\/newsletter?cid=uk~editorial~acquisition~newsletter~contentlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free Time Out UK newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for the latest UK news and the best stuff happening across the country.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Did you know that Leeds is the largest European city without any kind of light rail or metro&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[6418,6421,748,11648,393,4884,1860,11649,183,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-100561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-areas-united-kingdom","9":"tag-audience-location-audience-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-categories-travel","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-leeds","15":"tag-news-transport-travel","16":"tag-travel","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114505777593321630","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}