20 June 2007 | UK
Trolleybus plans for Leeds move forward
PLANS to introduce trolleybuses to Leeds have moved a step forward with a decision by the Yorkshire and Humber Assembly's regional transport board to back the first phase of the £300million scheme.
"Gaining the regional transport board's financial backing is a huge step forward in our plans to develop what will be the UK's first new trolleybus scheme in Leeds," says Kieran Preston, director general of Metro, the West Yorkshire PTE. "It means we have an agreed funding source, which combined with the Department for Transport’s acceptance of our business case could mean that people will be riding on state-of-the-art trolleybuses by 2011."
The full business case will be submitted to the DfT later this year.
The 20km trolleybus network, which is being dubbed New Generation Transport, is based on the routes planned for the Leeds Supertram, which was rejected by the DfT as being too costly. Three routes are planned, north through Headingley, south to Stourton and a third into east Leeds where regeneration is taking place. Articulated vehicles would be used, generally similar to those running in Lyon, which are Irisbus Cristalis models.
Metro says that independent advisers have calculated the scheme would deliver a benefit/cost ratio which meets DfT requirements. Subject to DfT approval, a Transport and Works Act approval, and a successful inquiry, construction work on the scheme could start in 2010, with completion by 2012.
www.wymetro.com
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