Leeds tramways operated until 1959 before the demise of many UK’s electric trams as people switched to petrol-guzzling cars. Bradford’s tram operated from 1882 until 1950, along with ...

Trams were now seen as being a fundamental part of the green transport revolution and in 2001 he gave Leeds Supertram the ...

A project to bring trams back to West Yorkshire has received a major funding boost from the government. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that £2.1bn of local transport funding would be allocated ...

For decades, the council has failed to return light rail to the largest city in western Europe without a mass transit system ...

For many years, the UK city of Leeds has held the rather unfortunate distinction of being the largest city in Europe without a mass transit system. But that now looks set to change, with the new ...

Plans for a new tram system linking Leeds and Bradford have been broadly welcomed by commuters. If given the go-ahead, one line would run between the two cities, while another would be constructed ...

Indeed, plenty of smaller UK cities want to build trams — Leeds has been begging for one for years. Because of government frameworks, trams are better for cities to invest in than trains.

Trams are almost certain to return to the streets of West Yorkshire after more than 65 years, with Rachel Reeves set to announce a £2.1bn funding boost for the region today.

The last tram service in Leeds ran on 7 November, leaving only two other cities in the UK operating trams – Sheffield ran its last service in 1960 and Glasgow in 1962. But by the 1990s, the idea of ...