West Yorkshire Metro
[2] Buses are operated by private companies, with early morning, late evening, Sunday and rural services often supported by Metro.There is a special rural bus section, which promotes a combination of minor local links and major long-distance routes.The Executive relinquished ownership of local buses following the Transport Act 1985, creating arms-length operating companies.Some years later some of those buses (excluding Yorkshire Traction) were repainted into the PTEs verona cream and buttermilk livery so as to present a corporate image.The WYPTE bus division was renamed Yorkshire Rider and with it a new livery of dark olive green and cream and a stylised "YR" emblem.[6] West Yorkshire Metro claims benefits from 'My bus' ranging from reductions in car use, traffic congestion, air pollution, traffic accidents, social exclusion, truancy and late student arrivals and improvements to education, safety for pedestrians and cyclists, integration of people with special needs and children's experiences of public transport.Suburban services within West Yorkshire and the surrounding areas, part funded by Metro, were advertised under the MetroTrain brand.The majority of these lines run into Leeds and most continue into neighbouring areas, serving towns and cities such as Barnsley, Blackpool, Doncaster, Harrogate, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Preston, Sheffield and York.[21][full citation needed] Most local services are run by Northern Trains, and longer-distance routes are served by TransPennine Express, London North Eastern Railway, CrossCountry and Grand Central.In spring 2005 Metro went back to the Government with a re-costed plan but the Secretary of State for Transport Alistair Darling rejected the proposal after the 2005 general election.In the mid-1980s the PTE was interested in bringing back trolleybuses in Bradford with Yorkshire Rider awarded a contract to operate, but nothing came of it.
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