Friday 30 January 2009

Shadow Transport Secretary Theresa Villiers concluded a tour of West Yorkshire by meeting with Metro's Chairman Councillor Chris Greaves and its Director General Kieran Preston.

During her fact-finding visit on Friday 30 January, Ms Villiers also took the opportunity to visit the construction site of Metro's new Brighouse Bus Station and its Bradford Interchange. She also had a chance to see Brighouse's rail station, which the Passenger Transport Executive opened in 2000 and Leeds rail station which underwent a massive refurbishment between 1999 and 2002.

"Today's meeting was an opportunity for us to tell Theresa Villiers about what we have already achieved in West Yorkshire through groundbreaking projects such as our yournextbus real-time text service, Mybus yellow school buses and our award-winning bus station renewals," said Councillor Greaves.

"We were also able to have a positive discussion about our future objectives for public transport for West Yorkshire and the Leeds City Region including plans for New Generation Transport and Tram-Train and the need to develop an attractive and affordable bus network that really meets passengers' needs."

"My visit today has been hugely informative and has given me real insight into transport concerns in the area," said Ms Villiers.

"Rail overcrowding continued to be a major concern in the area," she added.

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