32-543: The Pontefract line is one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. The service is operated by Northern , and links Wakefield and Leeds with Goole via Pontefract . The Metro timetable for the line also includes services operated as the Dearne Valley line between York and Sheffield via Pontefract. The line, which passes through the former mining areas to
64-406: A Great Tradition" vehicles and were in those liveries until the late 1990s. Deregulation occurred on 26 October 1986. The WYPTE bus division was renamed Yorkshire Rider and with it a new livery of dark olive green and cream and a stylised "YR" emblem. Five double-decker buses were operated in each of the municipal council's colours (already included were the two Huddersfield buses), with words on
96-586: A Section 19 permit scheme. The reference to "Section 19" relates to the Transport Act 1985. The Act changed how bus services were run in the United Kingdom . The Act introduced the largest change in the framework of bus services in over five decades and it replaced the prior publicly owned and highly regulated bus service with a largely competitive commercial system. Additionally, the removal of subsidies made it so different firms had to bid on
128-629: A different type of deregulation. The standard deregulation that applied to other cities in the United Kingdom was not applied to bus services in Greater London ; instead, the Act brought about a system of franchised routes operated by private companies but managed by London Buses Ltd. This meant that, although the bus companies in London were privatised , London's government still retained
160-399: A new route the licensed operator had to supply the traffic commissioner with information of the proposed route, the timeline for the trip, stopping arrangements, the vehicles to be used, and the terminal points. In accordance with the Act the traffic commissioner had to receive the registration at least 42 days prior to when the route is to be run. It was mandatory for the notice to go through
192-562: Is a special rural bus section, which promotes a combination of minor local links and major long-distance routes. On 1 April 1974, the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive was created by merging the municipal bus fleets of Bradford City Transport , Leeds City Transport , Huddersfield Corporation Passenger Transport and Halifax Joint Omnibus Committee , which earlier in the 1970s swallowed up Todmorden Joint Omnibus Committee. The operation
224-604: Is also responsible for the delivery of transport policies. Metro is a public transport brand of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority which is, through its transport committee, the transport authority for West Yorkshire . It replaced the West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority on 1 April 2014. The West Yorkshire County Council was the transport authority from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1986. It
256-886: The National Bus Company (NBC) formed a new integrated transport system known as the "Metro-National Transport Company Limited". All PTE and NBC buses began to appear with a new emblem, which consisted of the MetroBus WY's in one box and the NBC "double N" or "N-blem" appearing in another to the right of the PTE emblem, and slightly lower. The boxes were linked to show the integration. They also appeared with MetroBus fleetnames with " The easy way from here to there in West Yorkshire ". The new "Metrobus" fleetname being applied not only to PTE owned vehicles on which WYPTE lettering
288-655: The West Yorkshire Combined Authority in England. It was formed on 1 April 1974 as the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive ( WYPTE ), at the same time as the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire. The Metro brand has been used from the outset and, since the formal abolition of the WYPTE on 1 April 2014, it has remained the brand name of public transport in the region, overseen by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority , which
320-473: The traffic commissioner for a licensed bus operator to operate. After approval, the operator was required to run the route according to the specifications provided in the registration. Deregulation also led to firms being able to charge any fares they wish, run routes, and freely enter and leave the market. This was accomplished by reducing the amount of subsidies local governments could provide for services. Privatisation proposals were put forth to change
352-759: The "Metrocoach" banner, with brown added for "Metrocoach Executive". Later Bingley's depot received double-deckers transferred from the Leeds District. In early 1981 a reorganisation of operating districts was implemented with the East District becoming responsible for the Leeds depots and United Services, whilst the West District took control of Bradford , Halifax , Todmorden and Huddersfield . Three new Leyland National 2s were acquired for United Services, in blue livery. In July 1981, MetroBus and
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#1732772805943384-809: The 158 and 321s which were leased to the Northern franchise holder. There are 12 commuter railway lines serving West Yorkshire: Airedale , Calder Valley Line , Dearne Valley , Hallam , Harrogate , Huddersfield , Leeds-Bradford , Penistone , Pontefract , Wakefield , Wharfedale and York & Selby . The majority of these lines run into Leeds and most continue into neighbouring areas, serving towns and cities such as Barnsley , Blackpool , Doncaster , Harrogate , Liverpool , Manchester , Nottingham , Preston , Sheffield and York . Some lines overlap each other, which means that stations such as Castleford, Huddersfield and Wakefield Westgate are served by more than one line. Most lines have frequent services, but
416-999: The Dearne Valley line has a limited service of two trains a day in each direction. In the following list of routes in West Yorkshire, places shown in bold are where services terminate, places shown in italics are stations located outside of West Yorkshire. Operators: Northern , LNER then: or: then continues along Settle-Carlisle Line to: or continues along Leeds-Morecambe Line to: Operators: Northern , Grand Central then: or: then: or: Operator: Northern Operator: Northern Operators: Northern , LNER Operators: Northern , TransPennine Express or: then: then: or: then: or: then: or: Operators: Northern , LNER then: or: Operators: Northern Operators: Northern , Grand Central then: or: Operators: Northern , LNER , CrossCountry Transport Act 1985 The Transport Act 1985 (c. 67)
448-693: The Executive had to operate within the policy guidelines of the County Council Public Transport Committee, coordinating the operation of all public transport in the county. The Executive inherited approximately 1,500 buses along with 6,000 staff and the associated garages and street furniture. The Executive relinquished ownership of local buses following the Transport Act 1985 , creating arms-length operating companies. It continued to coordinate public transport as
480-431: The PTE acquired the old-established Kinsley based United Services from WR & P Bingley. As well as providing the PTE with more coaching operations, this took it into an area of West Yorkshire where it had previously had no presence. United Services was maintained as a separate subsidiary and retained its distinctive blue livery, whilst a new livery of red & ivory was adopted for the PTE's coaches, which operated under
512-542: The PTEs verona cream and buttermilk livery so as to present a corporate image. From this date the "WY" logo on the front of buses was replaced by the "Metro-National" emblem in mid-1983, to celebrate 100 years of public transport in Huddersfield, MetroBus paint two vehicles in old liveries: Leyland Atlanteans carried Huddersfield Corporation red livery and Huddersfield Corporation Tramways livery. They became "Building on
544-660: The West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority when the metropolitan county was abolished in 1986. New buses were purchased in large numbers at the outset. In 1976 Baddeley Brothers of Holmfirth was purchased providing the PTE with additional coaching and stage-carriage duties. In 1980 the Baddeley Brothers business was also disposed of, although the Metrocoach operation was retained. In 1976 modifications were made to
576-593: The ability to regulate the companies. At the time the Act was put into place, the London bus companies were governed by the London Regional Transport Act 1984 . Part I of the Act removed, excluding London, the need for the required road service licence throughout the United Kingdom . Part I replaced service licensing with a system of registration. This caused licensing authorities losing many of their powers and made it possible for operators to register new routes. For an operator to register
608-498: The amount the public paid for commercial objects. This was achieved by reducing the control governments had of bus systems and reducing the subsidies to bus companies. The Conservative government also believed the removal of subsidies and local government control would lead to an increase in competition between companies. The deregulation of buses applied throughout Great Britain, excluding bus services in Greater London , and
640-462: The current My bus contractors were City Travel, First Student UK ( First Calderdale & Huddersfield , First Leeds ), HCT Group , Keighley Bus Company , Rollinson Safeway, Tiger Blue and TLC Travel . As of 2012 the following companies are owned by WYPTE, subject to Metro conditions and ticketing: [REDACTED] Local and inter-urban rail services within West Yorkshire and
672-545: The east of Wakefield and Castleford, has the greatest number of stations opened by the West Yorkshire Metro. MetroCards are available on the route as far as Knottingley : a limited service of trains continues to Goole by this route. Railways in the area opened as follows: Before the 1923 Grouping the lines over which the service operates were owned by: Trains using the Pontefract line from Leeds use
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#1732772805943704-423: The livery. Originally there were three stripes at the sides of the destination box, which wrapped round to the sides and swept down. This took time to apply, and a trial was made with one thin line. In 1977 the lines were removed and the green area at the skirting of was raised up, so there was slightly more green. The other change was the fleet name to MetroBus in 1976, removing the district names. On 25 April 1977,
736-635: The major changes the Act established. Privatisation and bus deregulation came into effect on 26 October 1986. Local authorities were required to transfer their municipally-owned bus services to separate companies. Although most of these companies have since been privatised , with the exception of Lothian Buses in Edinburgh; a few other municipal bus companies remain today. The Act also mandated that local governments publish statements of their own policies for bus services deemed socially vital that were not operated by commercial companies. London faced
768-513: The same route as the Hallam line to Methley Junction : The Wakefield service joins the Leeds service at Pontefract; the station served for this section are: Both services now run hourly to Leeds from Knottingley to provide a combined half-hourly service between Knottingley , Pontefract Monkhill and Leeds Metro (West Yorkshire) Metro is the passenger information brand used by
800-965: The sides between the decks saying "Building on a Great Tradition". The bus services and fare/bus pass/timetables division was renamed Metro. My bus is a school bus service provided by West Yorkshire Metro with certain features which set it apart from normal school transport services in the United Kingdom : The service, using buses painted yellow with coordinated My bus branding gained significant mode shift: 64% of primary school users were previously driven by car. Under this scheme, these buses were not allowed to be used for non-school purposes. West Yorkshire Metro claims benefits from 'My bus' ranging from reductions in car use, traffic congestion , air pollution , traffic accidents , social exclusion , truancy and late student arrivals and improvements to education , safety for pedestrians and cyclists, integration of people with special needs and children's experiences of public transport . As of August 2009
832-655: The structure of the bus industry. The bus industry was managed mainly by public sector companies in the years prior to 1985. Privatisation was introduced by the Conservative government as a way to achieve better access to private capital and more committed management. In order to achieve this goal, the Conservative government made it so local governments could only provide subsidies for services and prohibited subsidies that would promote low fares. School minibuses which are used to transport people are covered by
864-627: The surrounding areas, part funded by Metro, were advertised under the MetroTrain brand. In the 1990s, some Class 141 , 144 , 155 , 158 , 308 , 321 and 333s were painted in Metro livery. The Class 333 was painted in Metro livery when built. All apart from the 333s were later repainted in Northern Rail livery. Some of the 144s and 155s were originally purchased by the WYPTE but were later sold to Porterbrook . Metro retained ownership of
896-493: Was an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom . It introduced privatised and deregulated bus services throughout Great Britain and came into effect in October 1986. The act was created as a response to growing concern about the environmental effect the private transportation was having and the public's objection to an increase in road construction . The Act was introduced by Nicholas Ridley and it committed to reduce
928-455: Was carried beneath the fleet name, but also buses of NBC subsidiaries West Yorkshire Road Car Company , West Riding Automobile Company , Yorkshire Woollen Transport Company and Yorkshire Traction , carrying "West Yorkshire", "West Riding", "Yorkshire" and "Yorkshire Traction" names below the Metrobus name. Some years later some of those buses (excluding Yorkshire Traction) were repainted into
960-528: Was divided into four districts and a new livery of cream and verona green replaced the Bradford light blue & cream, Huddersfield red & cream, Leeds two-tone green and Halifax & Calderdale orange, green & cream. Created following the Local Government Act 1972 ,
992-470: Was led by the Conservative government . Public transport remains under direct public control in Northern Ireland. In 1984 a proposal to deregulate local bus services was published in the white paper Buses and in more detailed consultation papers. Part I of the Act brought these proposals into effect. Deregulation, elimination of barriers, and the transfer to the private sector were some of
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1024-538: Was replaced by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority that was made up of elected councillors from the districts of West Yorkshire. The West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority was renamed the West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority following the Local Transport Act 2008 . The Metro brand was adopted in 1988. Buses are operated by private companies, with early morning, late evening, Sunday and rural services often supported by Metro. There
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