144020 In the rather fetching WYPTE red and cream livery calls at Burley-in-Wharfedale with a service from Ilkley to Leeds.
#Class144 #Pacer #WYPTE #BritishRail #MetroTrain
#Class144 #Pacer #WYPTE #BritishRail #MetroTrain
January 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
144020 In the rather fetching WYPTE red and cream livery calls at Burley-in-Wharfedale with a service from Ilkley to Leeds.
#Class144 #Pacer #WYPTE #BritishRail #MetroTrain
#Class144 #Pacer #WYPTE #BritishRail #MetroTrain
Doncaster, 2020
144011 just after arriving from Hull with the stopping service
This was the last time I drove 144011 before it was retired to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway where it now wears a rather fetching original WYPTE Metro livery
144011 just after arriving from Hull with the stopping service
This was the last time I drove 144011 before it was retired to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway where it now wears a rather fetching original WYPTE Metro livery
November 17, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Doncaster, 2020
144011 just after arriving from Hull with the stopping service
This was the last time I drove 144011 before it was retired to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway where it now wears a rather fetching original WYPTE Metro livery
144011 just after arriving from Hull with the stopping service
This was the last time I drove 144011 before it was retired to the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway where it now wears a rather fetching original WYPTE Metro livery
Nodding donkey problems in Leeds! WYPTE Green and cream liveried class 141 gets dragged back to Neville Hill for attention by 47200. The days when recovery of failed trains was an absolute doddle!
#Class47 #Duff #Class141 #Railbus #LeedsCityStation
#Class47 #Duff #Class141 #Railbus #LeedsCityStation
April 10, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Nodding donkey problems in Leeds! WYPTE Green and cream liveried class 141 gets dragged back to Neville Hill for attention by 47200. The days when recovery of failed trains was an absolute doddle!
#Class47 #Duff #Class141 #Railbus #LeedsCityStation
#Class47 #Duff #Class141 #Railbus #LeedsCityStation
On this day, 4th February 2008, both sporting the WYPTE/Northern red and silver livery, BREL/Alexander Pacer Class 144, 144007 and CAF/Siemens Class 333, 333005 stand in the winter sunshine at Leeds.
February 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
On this day, 4th February 2008, both sporting the WYPTE/Northern red and silver livery, BREL/Alexander Pacer Class 144, 144007 and CAF/Siemens Class 333, 333005 stand in the winter sunshine at Leeds.
I sort of get it, but I do have to admit that cash on buses was one thing I never liked: having to make sure I had enough on me, worrying if the driver would change a £5 note for a 40p fare. I’ve always early adopted cashless modes on buses: WYPTE Saverstrips, TfL Saver Tickets, Oyster cards…
September 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I sort of get it, but I do have to admit that cash on buses was one thing I never liked: having to make sure I had enough on me, worrying if the driver would change a £5 note for a 40p fare. I’ve always early adopted cashless modes on buses: WYPTE Saverstrips, TfL Saver Tickets, Oyster cards…
Brown (from a WYPTE book) 1985.
May 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Brown (from a WYPTE book) 1985.
British Rail West Riding - to get you out and about : eight of the pocket sized train timetables issued 1973 - 75 with the pre-WYPTE/Metro branding, line names but using the wider county's white rose symbol. Quite a 'family' feel. #yorkshire #railways #graphicdesign @doublearrow64.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
British Rail West Riding - to get you out and about : eight of the pocket sized train timetables issued 1973 - 75 with the pre-WYPTE/Metro branding, line names but using the wider county's white rose symbol. Quite a 'family' feel. #yorkshire #railways #graphicdesign @doublearrow64.bsky.social
Colin Speakman's valediction for WYPTE from 1985.
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Source: Urban Transport Group share.google/dwv1bOKGbiUp...
February 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Colin Speakman's valediction for WYPTE from 1985.
Source: Urban Transport Group share.google/dwv1bOKGbiUp...
Source: Urban Transport Group share.google/dwv1bOKGbiUp...
Well, Metro was the brand name for WYPTE from 74 on and then WYCA.
Maybe they needed a switch because the rising use of metro to mean mass transit would remind people that there isn't any here.
My own preference would be to call it
West Yorkshire Public Transport Network. It's snappy.
Maybe they needed a switch because the rising use of metro to mean mass transit would remind people that there isn't any here.
My own preference would be to call it
West Yorkshire Public Transport Network. It's snappy.
May 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Well, Metro was the brand name for WYPTE from 74 on and then WYCA.
Maybe they needed a switch because the rising use of metro to mean mass transit would remind people that there isn't any here.
My own preference would be to call it
West Yorkshire Public Transport Network. It's snappy.
Maybe they needed a switch because the rising use of metro to mean mass transit would remind people that there isn't any here.
My own preference would be to call it
West Yorkshire Public Transport Network. It's snappy.
They changed to orange and white when the municipal companies were amalgated to SELNEC.
In the same way, the West Yorkshire liveries such as Bradford's blue and white and the green and yellow of Halifax went into WYPTE green and white.
In the same way, the West Yorkshire liveries such as Bradford's blue and white and the green and yellow of Halifax went into WYPTE green and white.
January 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
They changed to orange and white when the municipal companies were amalgated to SELNEC.
In the same way, the West Yorkshire liveries such as Bradford's blue and white and the green and yellow of Halifax went into WYPTE green and white.
In the same way, the West Yorkshire liveries such as Bradford's blue and white and the green and yellow of Halifax went into WYPTE green and white.
*technically I've been in them, WYPTE take a dim view of people riding on the bus/train roof
June 6, 2026 at 2:05 PM
*technically I've been in them, WYPTE take a dim view of people riding on the bus/train roof
have you ever noticed how the WYPTE uses the same typeface as the NHS
November 23, 2023 at 3:43 PM
have you ever noticed how the WYPTE uses the same typeface as the NHS
#9-series - No.25, Class 321/9
Given a /9 sub-class because they were funded by WYPTE rather than BR, these three all-standard class units were bought for use on Doncaster-Leeds services. Very smart in their original livery but less and less so in various later liveries, as seen here.
Photo: me.
Given a /9 sub-class because they were funded by WYPTE rather than BR, these three all-standard class units were bought for use on Doncaster-Leeds services. Very smart in their original livery but less and less so in various later liveries, as seen here.
Photo: me.
March 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#9-series - No.25, Class 321/9
Given a /9 sub-class because they were funded by WYPTE rather than BR, these three all-standard class units were bought for use on Doncaster-Leeds services. Very smart in their original livery but less and less so in various later liveries, as seen here.
Photo: me.
Given a /9 sub-class because they were funded by WYPTE rather than BR, these three all-standard class units were bought for use on Doncaster-Leeds services. Very smart in their original livery but less and less so in various later liveries, as seen here.
Photo: me.
if you see this, post a vehicle
of course, a rail vehicle is a vehicle
of course, a rail vehicle is a vehicle
June 4, 2025 at 4:36 AM
if you see this, post a vehicle
of course, a rail vehicle is a vehicle
of course, a rail vehicle is a vehicle
A Duo of 3 Coach Northern Spirit WYPTE 155s cut through the valley at a nice 70mph
November 3, 2023 at 11:01 PM
A Duo of 3 Coach Northern Spirit WYPTE 155s cut through the valley at a nice 70mph
#9-series - No.17, Class 158/9 (1st use)
The WYPTE-owned Class 158s were given the /9 subclass to reflect their non-BR ownership. Spitefully, the DfT later forced their sell-off in return for central government investment in the Leeds Rail Growth Package.
Photo: my Dad.
The WYPTE-owned Class 158s were given the /9 subclass to reflect their non-BR ownership. Spitefully, the DfT later forced their sell-off in return for central government investment in the Leeds Rail Growth Package.
Photo: my Dad.
March 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
#9-series - No.17, Class 158/9 (1st use)
The WYPTE-owned Class 158s were given the /9 subclass to reflect their non-BR ownership. Spitefully, the DfT later forced their sell-off in return for central government investment in the Leeds Rail Growth Package.
Photo: my Dad.
The WYPTE-owned Class 158s were given the /9 subclass to reflect their non-BR ownership. Spitefully, the DfT later forced their sell-off in return for central government investment in the Leeds Rail Growth Package.
Photo: my Dad.
143623 is in Provincial livery
144004 also seems to be in Provincial
And then it's just 144011, which as we know is in WYPTE colours.
Everything else is Northern/GWR/ATW livery (delete as appropriate) or something entirely different (like the single car of 144001 at Huddersfield)
144004 also seems to be in Provincial
And then it's just 144011, which as we know is in WYPTE colours.
Everything else is Northern/GWR/ATW livery (delete as appropriate) or something entirely different (like the single car of 144001 at Huddersfield)
November 17, 2024 at 5:29 PM
143623 is in Provincial livery
144004 also seems to be in Provincial
And then it's just 144011, which as we know is in WYPTE colours.
Everything else is Northern/GWR/ATW livery (delete as appropriate) or something entirely different (like the single car of 144001 at Huddersfield)
144004 also seems to be in Provincial
And then it's just 144011, which as we know is in WYPTE colours.
Everything else is Northern/GWR/ATW livery (delete as appropriate) or something entirely different (like the single car of 144001 at Huddersfield)
The Dewsbury Bus Museum open day on 22 March was a day for preservation debuts! No fewer than three vehicles made their first public appearance since being preserved, and for at least two of these it will probably be their last public outing in their previous liveries.
April 6, 2026 at 11:35 AM
The Dewsbury Bus Museum open day on 22 March was a day for preservation debuts! No fewer than three vehicles made their first public appearance since being preserved, and for at least two of these it will probably be their last public outing in their previous liveries.
I don't know about the other PTEs but WYPTE managed to arrest the decline between 82-84. Adding around 9 million journeys across the bus and rail network.
It doesn't validate a counterfactual where Leeds now has an underground system, but a decade of work did bear some fruit.
It doesn't validate a counterfactual where Leeds now has an underground system, but a decade of work did bear some fruit.
June 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I don't know about the other PTEs but WYPTE managed to arrest the decline between 82-84. Adding around 9 million journeys across the bus and rail network.
It doesn't validate a counterfactual where Leeds now has an underground system, but a decade of work did bear some fruit.
It doesn't validate a counterfactual where Leeds now has an underground system, but a decade of work did bear some fruit.
I used to love that WYPTE livery.
February 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I used to love that WYPTE livery.
10pm on a Saturday, August 2000
A view from the footbridge as a WYPTE 158 rolls in on a delayed Cleethorpes to Manchester Airport service.
60046 on a very delayed 6D71 Leeds to Lindsey Refinery empty tanks pauses for a much needed crew change.
EWS 60053 on iron ore empties from Scunny.
#BSMRGUK
A view from the footbridge as a WYPTE 158 rolls in on a delayed Cleethorpes to Manchester Airport service.
60046 on a very delayed 6D71 Leeds to Lindsey Refinery empty tanks pauses for a much needed crew change.
EWS 60053 on iron ore empties from Scunny.
#BSMRGUK
August 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
10pm on a Saturday, August 2000
A view from the footbridge as a WYPTE 158 rolls in on a delayed Cleethorpes to Manchester Airport service.
60046 on a very delayed 6D71 Leeds to Lindsey Refinery empty tanks pauses for a much needed crew change.
EWS 60053 on iron ore empties from Scunny.
#BSMRGUK
A view from the footbridge as a WYPTE 158 rolls in on a delayed Cleethorpes to Manchester Airport service.
60046 on a very delayed 6D71 Leeds to Lindsey Refinery empty tanks pauses for a much needed crew change.
EWS 60053 on iron ore empties from Scunny.
#BSMRGUK
I will add though; it was at WYCA / WYPTE that it was my first proper full job from leaving Sixth Form for 16 years - during what was to become the twilight years …
4/5
4/5
May 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I will add though; it was at WYCA / WYPTE that it was my first proper full job from leaving Sixth Form for 16 years - during what was to become the twilight years …
4/5
4/5
Sneaky!! Its on hire to either WYPTE or the local NBC subsiduary. Location is probably Bradford??
July 6, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Sneaky!! Its on hire to either WYPTE or the local NBC subsiduary. Location is probably Bradford??
I'm not from Sheffield, but Leeds. The early scene with a West Riding WYPTE bus gave me conniptions.
January 11, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I'm not from Sheffield, but Leeds. The early scene with a West Riding WYPTE bus gave me conniptions.