29-583: A660 may refer to: A660 road , road in England A660 autoroute in France, which connects to the A63 autoroute [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
58-492: A 27-year operating concession due to have been awarded in 2003. By 2004, disquiet about rising costs had caused the scheme to be scaled back, and it was finally cancelled in 2005 by the Transport Secretary, Alistair Darling . The northern branch would have served the universities and Headingley , running to a park and ride site at Lawnswood . The eastern branch would have run to Seacroft and Whinmoor , and
87-456: A 4.3-mile (6.9 km) stretch of the southern line so that it would only run from Leeds city centre to Stourton park and ride. Preston said that the business case for Leeds Supertram was stronger than those for Nottingham or Manchester , but that the Labour government had spent the transport budget on railways and distorted the figures to say that Leeds could not afford it. Alternatives for
116-493: A BRT system being considered across West Yorkshire. The government commitment was restated in a party conference speech in 2023, this time as consolation for the cancelled Phase 2b to Manchester. On 7 March 2024, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority announced plans to build a tram line connecting Leeds and Bradford in several phases. Phase one would include two lines serving Leeds and Bradford,
145-628: A higher long-term cost due to shorter life expectancy of rolling stock. The Leeds FTR service initially served the boroughs of Pudsey and Seacroft until the Wright StreetCars were redeployed and refurbished in 2012 to operate on the Leeds- Bradford bus corridor. Another possibility investigated by Metro is a tram-train system. On such a system trams are capable of running onto mainline railways as well as on tracks built in city centres. A 2007 feasibility study proposed that
174-713: A third toll house was built in Headingley village. In 1836 the trustees commissioned George Hayward to design a new route to bypass the steep slopes of The Chevin. The necessary Act of Parliament was passed in 1837, and the new stretch of road was opened in 1842, following today's route along the north side of the hill. Tolls on the road were abolished in January 1867, following the Leeds Improvement Act 1866 . The first suburban horse-drawn bus service in Leeds
203-494: A tram network in Leeds as "consolation" for the cancelled high-speed rail link. Leeds City Council criticised the proposals as being insufficient to replace the regional and national connections that would have been provided by HS2. Earlier in January 2021, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority had revealed plans to develop a mass transit network, with options of light rail , tram-trains or
232-747: Is in City of Bradford district. The A660 starts in Leeds city centre , officially at the junction of Woodhouse Lane and Claypit Lane. The northbound carriageway passes Leeds Metropolitan University 's "civic quarter" campus, crosses the A58(M) ( Leeds Inner Ring Road ), which is in a cutting, and passes the University of Leeds with its landmark tower. The southbound carriageway is separated, at one stage by several terraced streets. The carriageways combine before crossing Woodhouse Moor to Hyde Park . The road passes
261-522: The A65 . (The A65 also starts in Leeds and runs parallel to, and south of, the A660. It continues to Ilkley , Skipton , Settle and Kendal as a main trans- Pennine route.) The A660 is approximately 10 miles (16 km) long, and crosses the watershed from Airedale to lower Wharfedale . For most of its length the road is in the metropolitan district of the City of Leeds ; the last 0.4 miles (0.6 km)
290-497: The 1970s with various plans for varying light rail systems including ones which had planned partially or fully underground routes in the city centre. The cancelled plans mentioned in this article had dated back to the early 1990s. The planned system included three lines, which were to have been: All three lines would have met in Leeds city centre in a loop line running along The Headrow , Park Row, Boar Lane, Kirkgate and behind Kirkgate Market . The three lines were to have been
319-430: The A660 was the route of the first tram service in Leeds (to Far Headingley) and is still a major bus corridor, with several peak hour bus lanes . It suffers from high congestion, and there were historic plans to create a Headingley bypass . Line 2 of the proposed Leeds Supertram was to be on this road, as is the "North Route" proposed in 2009 for New Generation Transport trolleybus service. Many students live near
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#1732772675658348-636: The Leeds Line and the Bradford Line. The Leeds Line would take people between St James’ Hospital, through Leeds city centre and on to Elland Road and the White Rose Shopping Centre. The Bradford Line would run from Leeds city centre to Bradford city centre – also linking Bradford Forster Square station with the new Bradford rail station. This line supports Bradford's plans to regenerate the city’s southern gateway, which includes
377-507: The buildings of Leeds Girls' High School and climbs to Headingley , passing St Michael's Church and many shops and bars including the Arndale Centre . Shortly after the church, a plaque shows the site of the original oak tree which gave its name to the wapentake of Skyrack ("Shire oak"): this is reflected in two pub names and nearby Shire Oak Road . The road continues through Far Headingley and West Park . This stretch of
406-474: The early 18th century the main road from Leeds to Otley ran via Burley and Cookridge and over the top of The Chevin , while the road from Leeds to Headingley was only a country lane. The Leeds-Otley Turnpike Trust was established in 1755, and improved the road from Leeds to Headingley and thence to Cookridge to join the existing road. There were toll bars in Woodhouse Lane and at Otley, and in 1775
435-399: The future of transport in Leeds have been discussed. The FTR , a Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system operated by First West Yorkshire , was introduced to the city in 2007. Research undertaken by West Yorkshire Metro and the government claimed that a BRT network could deliver some of the benefits of Supertram with lower capital costs due to unsegregated routes and greater flexibility, but with
464-526: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A660&oldid=932668753 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages A660 road The A660 is a major road in the Leeds and Bradford districts of West Yorkshire , England that runs from Leeds city centre to Burley-in-Wharfedale where it meets
493-474: The network would run alongside First's FTR network and could potentially be extended to Leeds Bradford Airport and York . A trolleybus network was approved by the government in 2012, which would have connected Leeds city centre to two park and ride sites in the north and south of the city by 2018. £173 million would have been made available from the Department for Transport for the construction of
522-519: The network. The plans were subject to further scrutiny by the government, however they were eventually dropped in 2016. By the time of the network's cancellation, £70 million had been spent on both the trolleybus and Supertram networks. Prior to the cancellation of the eastern leg of HS2 in November 2021, reports emerged in the Daily Mail that the government would fund the construction of
551-658: The northern slopes of The Chevin before bypassing Otley to the south along the line of the former Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway (opened 1865, closed 1967). At the end of the Otley bypass the road crosses the A6038 (Otley to Bradford ), and then follows the River Wharfe before joining the A65 at the roundabout at the start of the Burley-in-Wharfedale bypass. About 0.4 miles (0.6 km) before its end,
580-585: The other planned routes. However despite this in late 2005, Transport Minister Alistair Darling said that he would not give the go-ahead for the scheme, despite £40 million having already been spent into the development of the scheme. Kieran Preston, the Director General of West Yorkshire Metro at the time of the Supertram project, claimed in 2013 that money could have been saved by finding new solutions to engineering problems, and by postponing
609-410: The road crosses into City of Bradford metropolitan district , having been in the City of Leeds district for the rest of its length. The road is only separated from the county of North Yorkshire by a few yards and the width of the river Wharfe, which here forms the county boundary. The road is known as Otley Road until Golden Acre Park, then Leeds Road until the start of the Otley bypass. In
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#1732772675658638-569: The road, and its many licensed premises host the Otley Run pub crawl. The road has several names in this section: Woodhouse Lane from Claypit Lane to Hyde Park (but Blenheim Walk for the separated southbound carriageway), Headingley Lane between Hyde Park and St Michael's church, Headingley, and Otley Road beyond this point. The A660 crosses the A6120 ( Leeds Ring Road – officially Leeds Outer Ring Road ) at Lawnswood , and then passes
667-458: The southern arm would have served Hunslet , Belle Isle and Middleton with another park and ride by the M621 motorway . In the city centre, trams were to have linked to the bus and rail stations and shopping areas. Most of the double track route would have been segregated. Proposals for the reinstatement of trams or a light rail system in Leeds which were withdrawn in 1959 have been ongoing since
696-453: The start of a wider system which included plans for other tram lines from Leeds city centre to Bradford via Armley , Bramley and Stanningley and to Alwoodley via Chapeltown , Chapel Allerton and Moortown (the latter being mentioned in the draft Leeds Unitary Development Plan). Following long standing delays in attempting to gain funding throughout the 1990s due to rejections by the previous John Major administration, in 2002 Leeds
725-556: The western part of Adel . At Golden Acre Park the road crosses the Leeds Country Way footpath, which uses the underpass taking pedestrians from the car park to the park. The road passes east of the main part of Bramhope village, and the next major intersection is the A658 Bradford to Harrogate road: Pool Bank is a steep hill leading north-east from this junction down to Pool-in-Wharfedale . The road skirts
754-460: Was a proposed light rail / tram system in Leeds and West Yorkshire in England . It would have been a three-line, 17-mile (27 km) system with 50 stations. It received provisional government approval in 2001, and was specifically for corridors ill-served by the existing heavy rail network. Supertram would have been 75% funded from the public sector, with final contracts for construction and
783-482: Was successful in acquiring central government funding for the construction of the scheme. Four consortia were shortlisted: Preparation work on Leeds Supertram had started in 2003 where preparatory work was done at City Square and around the junction of the A61 South Accommodation Road and A639 Hunslet Road . However, work to construct the system that was due to start in earnest in 2004
812-411: Was suspended because of costs that were originally £500 million had risen far above this level to figures around £1 billion. This had resulted in a cut back to the system that would have seen Line 1 only go from the city centre to the park and ride site at Stourton and this would have saved £250 million from the construction of the scheme and efforts were made to lower development costs along
841-601: Was that to Far Headingley along this road, started in 1838, providing five services daily. The first horse-drawn tram in Leeds followed, in 1871. Fittingly, the number 1 bus service operated by First Leeds still runs on a route which includes the A660 from the city centre past Headingley and Lawnswood before turning off towards Holt Park . Download coordinates as: 53°52′45″N 1°36′18″W / 53.8793°N 1.6049°W / 53.8793; -1.6049 ( A660 road ) Leeds Supertram [REDACTED] (Click to expand) The Leeds Supertram
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