Boris Johnson’s green light for the first stage of HS2 (High Speed 2) railway, connecting London to Birmingham, has been a long time in the coming and not without its controversies. Both within parliament and […]
Leeds Transport Network ‘Near Breaking Point’
Once again, the Leeds transport system has been criticised for being at ‘near breaking point’, according to a spokesman from Leeds City Council. Traffic, especially in the city centre, continues to be a problem as […]
One Car Crash Too Many For Uber?
In the latest hit to business, last week, ride share giant Uber lost its license from Transport to London (TfL) which allows it to continue to operate in the capital. For the millions of Uber […]
Labour MP Alex Sobel Unveils Plans for the Future of Leeds Public Transport
Labour MP Alex Sobel has released his strategic principles for transport in his Leeds North West constituency. He stated: “If a modern city region were a human body, its transport network would be its veins […]
The Gryphon’s Guide to Being a Shop-Savvy Student
If you’re paying full price then you’re doing something wrong. These days you would be hard pressed to find a company which doesn’t price discriminate. If businesses can split a market up into groups that […]
How to Reduce Your Freshers Footprint
We are Leeds You’re 1 of over 60,000 students studying in Leeds this year. Alongside Leeds Beckett, Leeds Trinity and Leeds Arts University, the University of Leeds is the largest in Leeds. As you can […]
Passengers Derailed by Rising Train Fares
As students, we inevitably have to use the railway system at some point. Whether it’s the long commute back home for Christmas or just being too lazy to walk into town, but with yet another […]
Virgin Rail Set To Sail
The transport secretary Chris Grayling announced on February 5 that Virgin Trains East Coast, the franchise running services from London to Leeds, Edinburgh, York and Newcastle, is near collapse due to lower-than-expected passenger numbers. The […]
Government Urged to “Give North a Fair Deal on Transport”
Analysis by a leading think tank has shown that infrastructure spending in Yorkshire is lower than any other region and has urged the government to do more to increase transport spending across the North of England. According […]
Is the Hyperloop the future of travel?
We might not be as far away from hyper-speed travel as you might think. Although it isn’t quite teleportation, the Hyperloop combines a vacuum, a train, and levitating magnets to shoot you towards your destination […]
Leeds gets £64m of infrastructure funding
An infrastructure scheme across the Leeds City Region goes ahead after a further £64m of local funding which was approved by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. The funding is part of the largest package of […]
News | Travel costs hampering part-time students
Part-time students are being hampered by travel costs, a Union survey has found. Figures published by the Student Advice Centre this month reveal that 63% of part-time students spend a ‘large portion’ of their outgoings […]