Metro is the title adopted by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority and Executive in England, made up of councillors from the five local councils: Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield. The Authority has its headquarters at Wellington House in Leeds. It is responsible for setting transport policy in the area, and by subsidising bus services and by funding local MetroTrain services. Full details can be found here.

Rail: MetroTrain

Routes

The MetroTrain services are as shown below; long distance services that also use the routes are included:

• Airedale Line: Leeds/Bradford - Skipton - Settle - Carlisle, and Lancaster - Morecambe
• Caldervale Line: Leeds - Bradford - Halifax - Manchester Victoria - Blackpool
• Hallam Line: Leeds - Barnsley - Sheffield
• Harrogate Line: Leeds - Harrogate - York
• Huddersfield Line: Leeds/Wakefield - Huddersfield - Manchester Piccadilly - Manchester Airport - Liverpool
• Penistone Line: Huddersfield - Barnsley - Sheffield
• Pontefract Line: Leeds/Wakefield - Pontefract - Goole
• Wakefield Line: Leeds - Wakefield - Doncaster - Sheffield
• Wharfedale Line: Leeds/Bradford - Ilkley
• York & Selby Lines: Leeds - Selby - York - Hull - Scarborough - Middlesborough - Newcastle-on-Tyne

The timetables also include the local services between Leeds and Bradford, and between Leeds and Sheffield.

Operators

Most local services are run by Northern Rail, and longer-distance routes in West Yorkshire are served by TransPennine Express, GNER, Virgin Trains and Midland Mainline.

External links

Details (including maps) of all MetroTrain services

Buses

Buses in West Yorkshire are operated by private companies, with early morning, late evening, Sunday and rural services often supported by Metro. They have a special rural bus section, which promotes a combination of minor local links and major long distance routes in the county.

Major Operators

• Arriva Yorkshire in Dewsbury, Wakefield, Castleford and Pontefract
• First in Leeds, Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield.
• Harrogate and District in Leeds onto Wetherby, Harrogate and Ripon
• Keighley and District in Keighley and Bradford
• Yorkshire Traction in Huddersfield, Wakefield and South Yorkshire

Interurban links

Don't fancy the train? Why not take the bus instead?

• Leeds to Bradford - First service X6 and 72 (every 20 mins weekday, 30 mins Sunday)
• Leeds to Dewsbury - Yorkshire Traction service X62 (every 30 mins weekday), or Arriva routes 201, 202, 203, 209, 217, 220, 221, 229
• Leeds to Halifax - First service 508 Red Line (every 20 mins weekday, hourly Sundays)
• Leeds to Huddersfield - Yorkshire Traction service X62 (every 30 mins weekday), or Arriva routes 201, 202, 203, 209, 217, 220, 221, 229 (regular weekday, at least every 20 mins Sundays)
• Leeds to Keighley - Keighley & District service 760 (every 30 mins weekday, hourly Sundays)
• Leeds to Wakefield - Arriva service 110 (every 10 mins weekday, 30 mins Sundays)
• Bradford to Dewsbury - Arriva service 253 (every 30 mins weekday, hourly Sundays) or Arriva/First service 268 (every 15 mins weekday, hourly Sundays), Arriva service X33 (hourly weekdays, fastest)
• Bradford to Halifax - First service 576 (every 10 mins weekday, 30 mins Sundays), Halifax Joint Committee service 509 (every 30 mins weekday and Bank Holidays)
• Bradford to Huddersfield - First service X6 and 363 (every 20 mins weekday [X6], 30 mins Sundays [363])
• Bradford to Keighley - Keighley & District service 662 (every 10 mins weekday, 30 mins Sunday)
• Bradford to Wakefield - Arriva X33 (hourly weekday) or 253 (slower, hourly every day)
• Dewsbury to Halifax - Arriva service 278/X79 (hourly everyday)
• Dewsbury to Huddersfield - Yorkshire Traction service X62 (every 30 mins weekday), or Arriva routes 201, 202, 203, 209, 217, 220, 221, 229 (regular weekday, at least every 20 mins Sundays)
• Dewsbury to Wakefield - Arriva service 126/7 (every 10 mins weekday, 30 mins Sunday), or X33 (hourly weekday)
• Halifax to Huddersfield - First service 502/3 Orange Line (every 10 mins weekday, 30 mins Sunday)
• Halifax to Wakefield - Arriva service 278/X79 (hourly everyday)
• Huddersfield to Wakefield - Arriva/Yorkshire Traction service 231/2 {every 30 mins weekday, hourly Sunday]]

Please note that evening services are normally at the same frequency as those on Sundays, but this can vary. Evening services in the most frequent routes tend to finish around 2300.

Bank Holidays

Generally speaking:

• Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day - no service.
• Christmas and New Year's Eves - Saturday service, but with late finish.
• 27th December, 2nd January - Saturday service but with late start.
• Bank Holiday Mondays - Sunday service (except Saturday service on Harrogate and District, and where otherwise stated).
• Good Friday - normal service.

But check before travel on the Metro website at http://www.wymetro.com.