Economy of Leeds - Infrastructure

Infrastructure

Leeds is situated on the M1, the M62 and the A1(M) connecting it with cities to the north, south, east and west. Leeds City station is one of Network Rails fourteen principal stations and has rail links to London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh and other major cities. Leeds has no mass transit system, the previously proposed Leeds Supertram was axed during the early stages of construction following the escalation of costs, the Leeds Trolleybus has since been proposed as an alternative, running the same route. Leeds is served by Leeds Bradford International Airport, with connections to most major European cities. Notably Leeds' lacks an air connection to Heathrow (instead being linked to Gatwick) and Amsterdam. Although a railway line lies close to the airport, only buses connect it with the city centre.