Designs for a new £42 million rail station on the Harrogate line that would connect with Leeds Bradford Airport have been published.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority is behind the plans for the new station, which would be built between Horsforth station and Bramhope tunnel.
The station, which would be called Leeds Bradford Airport Parkway, would be a bus interchange for the airport. It would also include a 350-space park and ride service.
The project aims to provide better public transport connections from the airport to residential urban areas, such as Harrogate, Leeds and York, and take more cars off roads.
Designs for the interchange for Leeds Bradford Airport. Picture: West Yorkshire Combined Authority.
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West Yorkshire Combined Authority, which represents councils and businesses, has put the plans out to public consultation until February 21.
It then intends to submit a formal planning application.
Cllr Kim Groves, chair of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority transport committee, said:
“The parkway station will help ease current congestion and tackle air quality issues by improving access by public transport and by encouraging fewer people to take to their cars to get to the airport and surrounding areas.
“Another important aim of the parkway station is to increase sustainable travel in and out of Leeds and other centres with the provision of the park and ride facilities, which encourage transfer to rail and reduce reliance on cars.
“This will be really beneficial to local residents who will be able to use this and be better connected to areas across West Yorkshire.”
You can fill in the combined authority’s survey here.
