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Northern announces first ever Boxing Day services across Yorkshire

Northern have announced their first ever Boxing Day services.

Transport

Leeds Bus Station is to undergo a major revamp

Work on £5m revamp to Leeds Bus Station could start next year

Leeds Bus Station could have more user-friendly facilities and solar panels on the roof as part of a £5m revamp.

Transport

Northern has announced plans for nearly 100 new train carriages to join its fleet over the next year

Northern announces 50 new trains to serve Leeds and Sheffield

Rail company Northern has announced that dozens of new trains are to enter circulation in Yorkshire.

Transport

Chris Heaton-Harris. Picture credit: UK Parliament official portraits 2017

Tory Minister Chris Heaton-Harris insists £4.2bn transport fund is' not targeted' at marginal seats

A Conservative Minister has insisted his party's pledge of £4.2bn for a new transport fund was "not targeted" at voters in marginal seats.

Politics

A High Speed Train in 1970s British Rail livery has already gone on display at the National Railway Museum in York - now another will go on a farewell tour of the East Coast Main Line

LNER are sending a High Speed Train in British Rail livery on a farewell tour of the East Coast Main Line

LNER are marking the retirement of their fleet of 1970s-era High Speed Trains by sending one of them on a farewell tour.

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The public reaction to plans for a link road around South Featherstone will have an impact on the decision to forge ahead with the proposals. Credit: John Clifton

'There’s no point in doing it if people don’t want it' - Public to have say on proposed £100m bypass road

Public opinion could have huge bearing on whether a new £100m link road around three towns will be built.

Transport

Northern announces first three pacer trains have left network permanently with majority to be removed by end of year

Northern have announced three pacer trains have left the network permanently.

Transport

Yorkshire roads including M621 and M1 gridlocked in rush-hour traffic with huge delays after multiple incidents across the county

Yorkshire roads are currently gridlocked with huge delays after incidents across the county.

Transport

Lunch of the new Azuma train at Harrogate Station - Brian Dunsby from Harrogate Line Supporters, right, with David Horne, managing director of LNER . (Picture Gerard Binks)

New Azuma trains in Harrogate a 'game changer' for town

The first gleaming new Azuma train which will revolutionise Harrogate's rail links with London received a fanfare send-off this morning.

Business

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. Pic: PA

Conservatives target Yorkshire's marginal seats with promise of £4.2bn transport fund

The Conservatives today ramped up their bid to win over voters in some of Yorkshire's floating voters by announcing a £4.2bn transport fund to pay for schemes which would benefit some of the region's most marginal seats.

Politics

A person has died after a casualty on the rail line between West Yorkshire and Rochdale, British Transport Police has said

A person has died on the railway line between West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester

A person was pronounced dead on the rail line following a casualty on Tuesday.

Transport

Northern trains hit by major disruption in West Yorkshire this morning (Tuesday)

Major disruption to trains in Calderdale as emergency services deal with incident which leaves all lines blocked

Commuters in West Yorkshire face major delays this morning (Tuesday) due to emergency services dealing with an incident blocking the line.

Transport

Damaged overhead wires near York caused major disruption to LNER services yesterday (Photos: LNER)

Hundreds of passengers caught in disruption at York Station: What to do if your train was delayed

Hundreds of train passengers in Yorkshire faced hours of delays and cancellations on Monday.

Transport

Shocking footage shows hundreds of stranded passengers at York Station after major disruption

This video shows hundreds of passengers stuck at York Station after major disruption.

Transport

Emergency services due to evacuate 650 passengers in Yorkshire from three trains trapped in East Coast Mainline disruption

Emergency services are preparing to evacuate 650 passengers trapped on three trains due to East Coast Mainline disruption.

Transport

Transport

Northern announces first ever Boxing Day services across Yorkshire

Work on £5m revamp to Leeds Bus Station could start next year

Northern announces 50 new trains to serve Leeds and Sheffield

Tory Minister Chris Heaton-Harris insists £4.2bn transport fund is' not targeted' at marginal seats

LNER are sending a High Speed Train in British Rail livery on a farewell tour of the East Coast Main Line

'There’s no point in doing it if people don’t want it' - Public to have say on proposed £100m bypass road

Northern announces first three pacer trains have left network permanently with majority to be removed by end of year

Yorkshire roads including M621 and M1 gridlocked in rush-hour traffic with huge delays after multiple incidents across the county

New Azuma trains in Harrogate a 'game changer' for town

Conservatives target Yorkshire's marginal seats with promise of £4.2bn transport fund

A person has died on the railway line between West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester

Major disruption to trains in Calderdale as emergency services deal with incident which leaves all lines blocked

Hundreds of passengers caught in disruption at York Station: What to do if your train was delayed

Shocking footage shows hundreds of stranded passengers at York Station after major disruption

Emergency services due to evacuate 650 passengers in Yorkshire from three trains trapped in East Coast Mainline disruption

Passengers at York Station warned to delay travel until tomorrow due to major disruption

Motorists hit by delays on M1 in West Yorkshire after lorry left stranded in the carriageway

Rail shareholders in Yorkshire reap dividends equal to the Great Train Robbery, says union

Pressure increases on smart motorway programme as two-thirds of drivers raise safety concerns

All emergency services rushed to multi-vehicle crash on M1 in West Yorkshire

Transport

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