get you there type passenger transport executive industry public transport founded 1 april 1974 local government act 1972 headquarters wellington house 40 50 wellington street leeds england area served west yorkshire parent west yorkshire combined authority website www.wymetro.com metro is the passenger information brand used by the west yorkshire combined authority in england . it was formed on 1 april 1974 as the west yorkshire passenger transport executive wypte at the same time as the metropolitan county of west yorkshire . 1 the metro brand has been used from the outset and since the formal abolition of the wypte on 1 april 2014 it has been the public facing name of the organisation . the transport authority of west yorkshire responsible for setting transport policy is the west yorkshire combined authority . the wyca is also responsible for delivery of transport policies . contents 1 governance 2 metrobus history 2.1 fleet livery 2.2 new integrated bus system 2.3 deregulation 2.4 fleetlist 2.4.1 bank holidays 2.5 my bus school bus services 2.6 current operators 3 rail service 3.1 routes 3.2 re opened stations 3.3 operators 4 leeds supertram 5 references 6 external links governance edit the west yorkshire metro livery is used at all rail and bus transport in west yorkshire such as here at wetherby bus station wellington house in leeds the headquarters of west yorkshire metro west yorkshire pte daimler fleetlines in leeds in august 1979 metro is a public transport brand of the west yorkshire combined authority which is through its transport committee the transport authority for west yorkshire . it replaced the west yorkshire integrated transport authority on 1 april 2014 . the west yorkshire county council was the transport authority from 1 april 1974 until 1 april 1986 . it was replaced by the west yorkshire passenger transport authority that was made up of elected councillors from the districts of west yorkshire . the west yorkshire passenger transport authority was renamed the west yorkshire integrated transport authority following the local transport act 2008 . the metro brand was adopted in 1988 . 2 metrobus history edit 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 . on 1 april 1974 the west yorkshire passenger transport executive was created by merging the municipal bus fleets of bradford city transport leeds city transport huddersfield joint ominibus committee and halifax joint ominibus committee which earlier in the 1970s swallowed up todmorden joint omnibus committee . the operation was divided into four districts and a new livery of cream and verona green replaced the bradford light blue & cream huddersfield red & cream leeds two tone green and halifax & calderdale orange green & cream . created following the local government act 1972 3 the executive had to operate within the policy guidelines of the county council public transport committee coordinating the operation of all public transport in the county . the executive inherited approximately 1 500 buses along with 6 000 staff and the associated garages and street furniture . the executive relinquished ownership of local buses following the transport act 1985 creating arms length operating companies . it continued to coordinate public transport as the west yorkshire passenger transport authority when the metropolitan county was abolished in 1986 . 4 new buses were purchased in large numbers at the outset . in 1976 baddeley brothers of holmfirth was purchased providing the pte with additional coaching and stage carriage duties . in 1980 the baddeley brothers business was also disposed of although the metrocoach operation was retained . fleet livery edit in 1976 modifications were made to the livery . originally there were three stripes at the sides of the destination box which wrapped round to the sides and swept down . this took time to apply and a trial was made with one thin line . in 1977 the lines were removed and the green area at the skirting of was raised up so there was slightly more green . the other change was the fleet name to metrobus in 1976 removing the district names . on 25 april 1977 the pte acquired the old established kinsley based united services from wr & p bingley . as well as providing the pte with more coaching operations this took it into an area of west yorkshire where it had previously had no presence . united services was maintained as a separate subsidiary and retained its distinctive blue livery whilst a new livery of red & ivory was adopted for the pte s coaches which operated under the metrocoach banner with brown added for metrocoach executive . later bingley s depot received double deckers transferred from the leeds district . in early 1981 a reorganisation of operating districts was implemented with the east district becoming responsible for the leeds depots and united services whilst the west district took control of bradford halifax todmorden and huddersfield . three new leyland national 2s were acquired for united services in blue livery . new integrated bus system edit in july 1981 metrobus and the national bus company nbc formed a new integrated transport system known as the metro national transport company limited . all pte and nbc buses began to appear with a new emblem which consisted of the metrobus wy s in one box and the nbc double n or n blem appearing in another to the right of the pte emblem and slightly lower . the boxes were linked to show the integration . they also appeared with metrobus fleetnames with the easy way from here to there in west yorkshire . the new metrobus fleetname being applied not only to pte owned vehicles on which wypte lettering was carried beneath the fleet name but also buses of nbc subsidiaries west yorkshire road car company west riding automobile company yorkshire woollen transport company and yorkshire traction carrying west yorkshire west riding yorkshire and yorkshire traction names below the metrobus name . 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 . from this date the wy logo on the front of buses was replaced by the metro national emblem in mid 1983 to celebrate 100 years of public transport in huddersfield metrobus paint two vehicles in old liveries leyland atlanteans carried huddersfield corporation red livery and huddersfield corporation tramways livery . they became building on a great tradition vehicles and were in those liveries until the late 1990s . deregulation edit preserved yorkshire rider leyland olympian in leeds in july 2009 deregulation occurred on 26 october 1986 . 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 . five double decker buses were operated in each of the municipal council s colours already included were the two huddersfield buses with words on the sides between the decks saying building on a great tradition . the bus services and fare bus pass timetables division was renamed metro . fleetlist edit charles h roe bodied leyland atlantean in hayfield leyland titan pd3 1974 1976 daimler fleetline 1974 1976 aec regent iii 1974 1976 leyland atlantean 1974 1986 daimler cvg.vi 1974 1976 daimler srg.vi 1974 1976 aec swift 1974 1976 leyland panther 1974 1976 leyland leopard 1974 1976 leyland royal tiger 1974 1976 aec reliance 1974 1976 seddon pennine ru 1974 1976 guy arab mk iv 1974 1976 scania metropolitan 1975 1985 leyland olympian 1980 1986 mcw metrobus 1980 1986 duple dominant 1983 1986 bank holidays edit generally speaking christmas day boxing day new year s day no service . some free services are provided by volunteers using buses from the keighley bus museum trust during christmas day daytime . in 2007 metro have agreed to provide trial services on main routes in huddersfield and leeds on boxing day 2007 . christmas and new year s eves saturday service or sunday service if these days fall on a sunday but with early finish . weekdays between xmas and new year saturday service . any bank holidays in lieu of christmas day falling on a weekend will have a sunday service bank holiday mondays sunday service except saturday service on harrogate and district and where otherwise stated . good friday normal service . in august metro start to issue a ticket called metro active . this ticket is available after 09 30 and is used by children under 11 with parents children aged 11 16 with a young persons photocard and teenagers aged 17 19 with a scholars photocard . the cost of the ticket is just 1 and can be used on all operators services within west yorkshire also includes barnsley and doncaster . my bus school bus services edit my bus school bus in bingley my bus is a school bus service provided by west yorkshire metro with certain features which set it apart from normal school transport services in the united kingdom 5 6 a dedicated fleet of school buses rather than ordinary transit buses or coaches borrowed from other duties ; additional use of these vehicles is limited to school and young person focussed activities and all have low floors and seat belts drivers with enhanced dbs checks who permanently assigned to each route assisted on some routes by volunteer escorts a bus seat is permanently assigned to each student in school education campaign to support the service the service using buses painted yellow with coordinated my bus branding gained significant mode shift 64 % of primary school users were previously driven by car . under this scheme these buses were not allowed to be used for non school purposes . 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 . 5 my bus contractors city travel ct plus first student uk first calderdale & huddersfield first leeds halifax joint committee rollinson safeway tiger blue keighley bus company 7 current operators edit as of 2012 the following companies are owned by wypte subject to metro conditions and ticketing 8 metroconnect accessbus in wypte area . rail service edit local and inter urban rail services within west yorkshire and the surrounding areas part funded by metro were advertised under metrotrain brand . in the 1990s some class 144 155 158 308 321 and 333s were painted in metro livery . all were later repainted in northern rail livery . some of the 144s and 155s were originally purchased by the wypte but have since been sold to porterbrook . 9 10 metro retain ownership of the 158 and 321s which are leased to the northern franchise holder . 11 routes edit west yorkshire network there are 12 lines running through west yorkshire ; airedale calder valley line dearne valley hallam harrogate huddersfield leeds bradford penistone pontefract wakefield wharfedale and york & selby . the majority of these lines run into leeds and most run into neighbouring areas serving towns and cities such as barnsley blackpool doncaster harrogate liverpool manchester nottingham preston sheffield and york and manchester airport . some lines over lap each other which means that stations such as castleford huddersfield and wakefield westgate are served by more than one line . most lines have frequent services but the dearne valley line has a limited service of two trains a day in each direction . 12 this is a list of routes in west yorkshire 13 nb places in bold are where services terminate places in italic are stations located outside of west yorkshire airedale