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Metro Connect FreeCityBus
Metro Connect FreeTownBus

The Huddersfield FreeTownBus
Parent company	West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
Founded	January 2006
Service area	West Yorkshire
Destinations	Leeds Bradford Wakefield Huddersfield
Web site	www.wymetro.com

FreeCityBus or FreeTownBus is a family of free bus services which are operated in the centres of several cities and towns in the English county of West Yorkshire. The services operate as FreeCityBus in the cities of Leeds, Bradford, and Wakefield and as FreeTownBus in the town of Huddersfield. The service is run under contract to Metro Connect.

1 Services
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

Services

Leeds

The Leeds service began on 30 January 2006 and was the first bus service in West Yorkshire to use this format.^[1] The service currently runs on a fleet of six buses.

Route

The service runs in a circle, linking key nodes in the city centre:

Stop 1 - City Rail Station
Stop 2 - King Street
Stop 3 - Headrow/Town Hall
Stop 4 - Westgate/Courts
Stop 5 - Park Lane College
Stop 6 - Clarendon Road/Maternity Hospital
Stop 7 - Dental Hospital
Stop 8 - Leeds University
Stop 9 - LGI - (Leeds General Infirmary)
Stop 10 - Leeds Metropolitan University
Stop 11 - Merrion Centre
Stop 12 - St John's Centre
Stop 13 - The Headrow
Stop 14 - Eastgate
Stop 15 - Bus & Coach Station
Stop 16 - The Markets
Stop 17 - Duncan Street

Huddersfield

This service began on 30 October 2006, after the success of the Leeds service earlier that year.^[2] In under six months the Huddersfield FreeTownBus had carried over 100,000 passengers.^[3] This service was originally introduced on the basis of a nine month trial with two buses. The contract was later extended until 2011 depending on funding.^[4]

A Boxing Day service is to be introduced in 2007, following funding from Metro.^[5]

Route

Unlike the Leeds and Wakefield services, the service makes a complete circle without backtracking, and runs in an anti-clockwise direction.

Stop 1 - Rail Station
Stop 2 - John William Street
Stop 3 - Market Place
Stop 4 - Market Street
Stop 5 - Bus Station
Stop 6 - High Street
Stop 7 - Indoor Market
Stop 8 - The University of Huddersfield (Queen Street)
Stop 9 - Kingsgate
Stop 10 - Cross Church Street
Stop 11 - Parish Church
Stop 12 - Lord Street
Stop 13 - Outdoor Market

Wakefield

The Wakefield service was announced early 2007 to begin at the end of April,^[6] it did begin at the planned time and the first run was around 7:30am on Monday 23 April 2007. Four hundred and fifty passengers used the service on its first running day.^[7] The service currently runs on a fleet of three buses.

Route

The service is the first bus to connect both train stations, also the first to connect The Ridings, Market and main shopping area to the retail parks.

Stop 1 - Bus & Coach Station - Stand 1 in Wakefield bus station at :00, :10, :20, etc
Stop 2 - Cathedral/The Springs - (Main shopping area, Market and The Ridings) Stops on Westmoreland Street
Stop 3 - Kirkgate/Ridings Centre - (Main shopping area and The Ridings) Stops on Kirkgate
Stop 4 - Kirkgate Rail Station - Stops at bus stop in car park
Stop 5 - Ings Road Retail Park - Stops on Ings Road
Stop 6 - Sainsbury's - Stops on Ings Road
Stop 7 - Charlesworth Way - Stops on Charlesworth Way, outside the Dixon car sales garage
Stop 8 - Cineworld - Stops on Charlesworth Way
Stop 9 - Westgate Retail & Leisure Park - Stops on Ings Road
Stop 10 - Westgate Rail Station - Stops at bus stop in car park
Stop 11 - Westgate - (Main shopping area) Stops across the road from Argos
Stop 12 - Bull Ring/Union Street (alighting only) - Stops about 100 metres before bus station