The Leeds Supertram was a proposed light rail/tram system in Leeds and West Yorkshire in England.
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| - The Leeds Supertram was a proposed light rail/tram system in Leeds and West Yorkshire in England.
- Proposals for the reinstatement of trams or a light rail system in Leeds which were withdrawn in 1959 have been ongoing since the 1970s with various plans for varying light rail systems including ones which had planned partially or fully underground routes in the city centre. The cancelled plans mentioned in this article had dated back to the early 1990s.
- The Leeds-Bradford area had an extensive tram network between 1891 and 1959. The whole network was eventually removed to make space for wider roads leaving the city as the largest urban area in Europe with no tram, underground or light rail network. In the 1990s the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield invested in a new Supertram network, cementing Leeds' position as the crappest city in Yorkshire (if not England). Motivated by jealousy Leeds City Council quickly drew up plans for a Supertram of their own.
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| - The Leeds Supertram was a proposed light rail/tram system in Leeds and West Yorkshire in England.
- Proposals for the reinstatement of trams or a light rail system in Leeds which were withdrawn in 1959 have been ongoing since the 1970s with various plans for varying light rail systems including ones which had planned partially or fully underground routes in the city centre. The cancelled plans mentioned in this article had dated back to the early 1990s.
- The Leeds-Bradford area had an extensive tram network between 1891 and 1959. The whole network was eventually removed to make space for wider roads leaving the city as the largest urban area in Europe with no tram, underground or light rail network. In the 1990s the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield invested in a new Supertram network, cementing Leeds' position as the crappest city in Yorkshire (if not England). Motivated by jealousy Leeds City Council quickly drew up plans for a Supertram of their own. At first the government agreed to pay 75% of the cost, so Leeds City Council spent £40 million on drawing up plans to create a Supertram network to make Sheffield's look shit.
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