Uncertainty remains over when construction work will resume on a new railway station in Leeds.
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00:00Uncertainty remains over when construction work will resume on the new railway station in Leeds.
00:07Work on the White Rose Rail station, situated between Morley and Cottingley, was stopped in March due to an unforeseen increase in project costs.
00:16The new £26.5 million station was originally scheduled to open in early 2024, but has been hit by repeated delays, as exclusively revealed by the Yorkshire Evening Post earlier in the year.
00:28Three months into the construction pause, work remains on hold, with no restart date set for it to continue.
00:35West Yorkshire Combined Authority have said the scheme is a major priority for West Yorkshire, and they are committed to working with partners to see it open as soon as possible.
00:44Located on the TransPennine route to Manchester via Huddersfield, the new two-platform station will provide improved access to the adjacent White Rose office park, shopping centre and bus interchange.
00:56Both station platforms have already been installed.