Campaign for Better Transport

Rail Minister Huw Merriman

Minister insists increase in rail ticket prices for passengers is 'fair'

Oliver Coppard, the Mayor of South Yorkshire, today said that there are 42 per cent fewer buses on South Yorkshire’s roads compared to a decade ago, with a 20 per cent reduction in the network in the last year.

Local bus services have halved since 2011, new figures show

RPI inflation has reached 3.8% in the year to July 2021 (Photo: Getty Images)

Train fares could increase by 4.8% next year in biggest rise in a decade

The first-ever zero emission bus fleet for West Yorkshire was unveiled in Leeds last year. (YPN).

Why we need a better public transport system and how it can be achieved

The Campaign for Better Transport is calling on ministers to relax the two-metre rule on public transport

Calls to relax two-metre social distancing rule on public transport

A new mass transit scheme is proposed for West Yorkshire.

Why West Yorkshire mass transit plan is flawed – Andrew Cooper

Rural bus services are in the spotlight.

Better bus services and reopening rail lines can tackle Yorkshire’s public trans...

There is anger over this week's rise in rail fares - is it justified?

North’s rail operators have not earned New Year fare increase – Yorkshire Post L...

Last quarter only 56 per cent of Northern Rail trains were on time

Massive rail shake-up would end "nightmare journeys"

Plans have been unveiled to begin upgrading the TransPennine railway.

Electrification holds key to future of trans-Pennine rail – Yorkshire Post lette...

The old Ripon Station is now flats

Could the Harrogate to Ripon railway line really re-open?

Pacer trains still operate on the Northern network.

The Yorkshire Post says: Listen to Yorkshire passengers over rail services

Are minibuses the way forward for rural public transport?

The Yorkshire Post says: On the buses - time to view rural economy as investment

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Campaigners warn of '˜crisis' for bus travel

Leeds Station - but what more can, and should, be done to improve transport across Yorkshire?

Stephen Joseph: Putting North on right track for better transport

The Little White Bus service can be seen on the rural roads in the Dales. Pictures by Gary Longbottom.

How a volunteer bus service is providing a lifeline in the Dales

Cuts to bus funding risk turning some areas into "transport deserts", campaigners have warned. Nick Potts/PA Wire

Bus funding cuts '˜turns Yorkshire into transport deserts'

An overcrowded train carriage between Hebden Bridge Railway Station and Manchester taken by passenger Joshua Fenton-Glynn

Why we're so resigned to a poor rail service

What is the future for rural buses?

YP Letters: Rural buses threatened by funding cuts

Will Dunnett the new Managing Director of First Hull Trains.

Misery of rail delays in Yorkshire laid out in new research

Could a rail spur be built to Leeds Bradford Airport?

Colin Speakman: How the train can take the strain to Leeds Bradford Airport

IN a hard-hitting representation to Leeds City Council, the local group of the Campaign for Better Transport, the national campaigning body, sets out its case that the proposed Leeds-Bradford Airport major new road schemes are the 'wrong solution for the wrongly identified problem'.

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221st May 2013. Leeds Arena car parking in Leeds. Buses on Wade Lane.

Jayne Dowle: Have we learned nothing from Beeching's legacy?

Cuts to bus services are on a par with the controversial Beeching Report into the rail network, according to new research.

Buses are facing '˜Beeching-style cutbacks', campaigners claim

Cuts to bus services are on a par with the controversial Beeching Report into the rail network, according to new research.

Campaigners accuse Government of profiting from rail commuters

The Campaign for Better Transport wants rising profits to be invested in better services

Use rising rail profits to invest in railways call

Michael Dugher: Time to tackle power of the bus barons

An HS2 prototype

Revamping rail services key if region is to maximise benefit of HS2

Could the Little White Bus be a solution to the crisis facing bus services in rural communities?

‘Beeching of the buses’ fears as rural areas take brunt of cuts

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Rail fares hike ‘dwarfs pay rises’

James MacColl: Rail fares rise sends signal of confusion to passengers

Inflation figures give hint on rail fare rises

Campaigners are calling for flexible rail season tickets

Campaigners call for flexi-fares

Part-time rail commuters in Yorkshire could save hundreds of pounds if the Government pressed ahead with plans for flexible season tickets, a campaign group claims today.

James Reed, Political Correspondent

Only supported bus services will be affected by spending cuts in North Yorkshire.

Plea for urgent government review to ease bus cuts burden

Montage: Graeme Bandeira

Speed may not be all as rail experts remain divided over staying on track

Local control ‘would improve railways’

Video: Overcrowded and rarely on time - your view of today’s train fare rises

The Great Train Robbery: Anger at soaring rail fares in region

Commuters urged to show fares anger

Rail commute in Europe ‘nearly 10 times cheaper’

Rise in train fares trimmed back but will still be above inflation

Ministers to consult on 80mph motorway speed limit

British cities fail test as spotlight turned on travel without a car

Planning changes ‘risk huge rush-hour tailbacks’

‘Fair fares’ campaigners to protest over rising cost

Campaign launched to oppose ‘unfair’ increases in rail fares

Rail fares ‘too low’, says Whitehall review

Fewer buses and fares to rise as transport funding slashed

Dales park bosses give go-ahead to slashing services

Dales park bosses give go-ahead to slashing services

Rail users urged to fight fares rise

Travellers 'held to ransom' as rail prices soar

Transport: Campaigners demand fair rail fares

Travellers turn to cars as fares rise

Campaign raises ticket cost fears

Rail cuts fear as firms set to share in savings

Campaigners calling into doubt benefits of town's relief road

Campaigners calling into doubt benefits of town's relief road