Transport

Train services in Leeds and across the region are being delayed and cancelled after a derailment at a Scottish depot.

MOTORISTS faced a nightmare commute this morning, with sub-zero temperatures and a spate of accidents and breakdowns bringing traffic to a standstill on two of Yorkshire’s main routes.

These are the planned roadworks for the motorways and major A roads in the Yorkshire region for the week ahead.

A prominent Yorkshire businessman has claimed that new technologies will render the need for high-speed rail projects obsolete by the time they are completed.

Rail operators are to come under renewed pressure from the Government to ensure passengers are getting the cheapest deals on their journeys.

OLDER PASSENGERS would be prepared to pay half of their bus fare if it meant safeguarding threatened services in North Yorkshire’s rural heartlands, a leading Tory peer has claimed.

AS this a Government for all, and not the privileged few, I had expected Chancellor Philip Hammond to use his first Autumn Statement to belatedly invest in the North’s transport network as a downpayment on his borrow to invest strategy.

From: Shaun Kavanagh, Leeds.

From: Colin Speakman, Managing Director, Dales & Bowland CIC, Lawn Avenue, Burley in Wharfedale, Ilkley.

From: M E Wright, Harrogate.

Engineering services company ​R​enew Holdings reported record results and said it has a bright future as it embarks on new contracts with London Underground and other train ​operating companies.​

LEEDS HAS been identified as a key city to lead the charge for the regions and unlock growth outside of London, business leaders were told at the CBI conference in London.

Commuters using motorways in West Yorkshire this morning faced heavy delays after an eight-vehicle crash on the M62.

A cyclist has died and a man is in intensive care after a serious crash in Leeds that caused traffic chaos.

THE route phase 2 of HS2 will take through South Yorkshire has proved one of the most controversial aspects of whole project and the debate over its impact has encapsulated many of the broader issues involved.

HIGH SPEED rail services connecting the North’s major cities have moved a step closer after the Government published its latest plans for HS2.

Motorists face delays after the A162 in West Yorkshire was closed after a crash.

Commuters face widespread disruption while hundreds of disgruntled bus drivers in West Yorkshire are on strike today (Monday)