Traffic and Travel

Wakefield Council is offering free parking this month to encourage people to do their Christmas shopping in Wakefield, Castleford and Pontefract.

Free parking across Wakefield, Pontefract and Castleford for Christmas shoppers

Wakefields "GRIT TEAM" are ready – all 36 gritter drivers have finished their training and are geared up for gritting as temperatures start to drop.

Wakefield Council 'grit team' ready to keep the area moving this winter

Various local road closures are still in place.

Police confirm chemical spill in Wakefield is 'not hazardous to humans'

West Yorkshire Police Headquarters in Wakefield was among the many West Yorkshire buildings lit up in yellow for road traffic victims.

Police headquarters light up to remember lives lost on West Yorkshire's roads

Simon Lightwood said he has been inundated with e-mails from residents of Middlestown, Netherton and Overton about the number of cancelled and delayed services in recent weeks.

Rural villages in Wakefield becoming 'transport deserts'

M62.

Long delays as two lanes on M62 CLOSED due to a multi vehicle collision

These locations are accurate at the time of publication, but are subject to alteration without further notice.

All the mobile speed cameras in use in Wakefield and the Five Towns next week

National Highways is carrying out the repairs to gullies around Wentbridge Viaduct tomorrow (Saturday) and Sunday night (19 November).

A1 closures as urgent repairs take place at Wentbridge viaduct

National Highways will begin to carry out overnight drainage and ground surveys on the M1 next week.

National Highways announce overnight closures on M1 in West Yorkshire next week

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Plans submitted for drive-thru Greggs and KFC at service station

Trains are being cancelled or delayed

'Incident' at Leeds Station cancels and delays trains across West Yorkshire

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Met Office issues weather warning over Storm Debi

Train timetables across Yorkshire and Humberside will change on Sunday, December 10 along with the rest of the National Rail network.

Northern train times to change - check before you travel

15 full time PCSOs will patrol bus stations and buses across West Yorkshire to ensure safety among passengers.

New team of PCSOs will patrol buses in Wakefield, Halifax and Dewsbury

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Traffic & Travel: All lanes of M62 now open after collision between J22 and J23

Emergency services, road user groups and local councillors shared ideas on how to improve road safety within the region.

New road safety scheme aims to eradicate West Yorkshire traffic deaths by 2040
A major event was held earlier this week aimed at kick-starting work to eradicate all deaths and serious injuries on West Yorkshire’s roads by 2040.

Members of Wakefield’s Cabinet, meeting on Tuesday, November 7, will be asked to accept additional funding from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA), to support active travel in the town.

Additional £1.25m of investment to support active travel in Castleford

Simon Lightwood said he is delighted that the threat of closure for ticket offices, including Wakefield Westgate, has been withdrawn.

Simon Lightwood MP's 'delight' at Wakefield Westgate ticket office u-turn

Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the government had asked train operators to withdraw their proposals.

Plans to close rail ticket offices scrapped

The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that nine closures already in place are expected to carry on this week:

Wakefield road closures: All the closures to look out for this week

There have been some major changes to the stands that Arriva bus services will use at Wakefield Bus Station.

Arriva announce stand changes at Wakefield Bus Station

Drivers in and around Wakefield will have 22 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week.

Wakefield road closures: There are 22 road closures this week

PCs David Bulleyment, 31, Eric Renshaw, 45, and Colin Ross, 33, WPC Lillian Sullivan, 41, and WPS Elizabeth Burton, 40, all lost their lives when their vehicle overturned in the tragedy at Newton Hill in May 1978.

Memorial planned to honour five police officers killed in Wakefield coach crash

Labour council leader Denise Jeffery and Tory opposition leader Nadeem Ahmed

Party leaders in Wakefield unite to welcome scrapping of HS2

The M62 in West Yorkshire has fully reopened following an earlier lorry fire between junctions 32 (Pontefract) and 31 (Hopetown).

M62 near Pontefract now reopen following earlier lorry fire

A complex recovery and clear-up operation will be ongoing throughout the morning. (Photo National Highways)

M1 and M62 closures due to multi-vehicle crash and lorry fire

Petrol prices have risen for the fourth month in a row, jumping by 4.5p a litre on average last month, the RAC says.

The cheapest filling stations for petrol and diesel in and around Wakefield
Petrol prices have risen for the fourth month in a row, jumping by 4.5p a litre on average last month, the RAC says.

Northern has issued a warning to hen, stag and sten parties about unacceptable behaviour as it launches its ‘groups winter sale’.

Northern issues a warning as it launches sale on group tickets

M62.

Delays of 60 minutes and five miles of traffic reported as lanes closed on M62

National Highways has removed the last of the lane closures for the replacement of the central barriers around the M1 and M62, near Lofthouse Interchange.

Five-mile safety upgrade unveiled between Leeds and Wakefield is complete

The announcement of the go ahead for a public consultation was said to be a "milestone on the bus reform journey".

Public consultation to go ahead on potential bus franchising throughout region

Work will begin on the M1 this week for ground surveys and utility and drainage inspections.

Overnight closures on M1 as ground surveys get underway in West Yorkshire

The special meeting comes after the Combined Authority carried out an assessment into the options for reforming how buses are ru.

West Yorkshire Combined Authority to discuss plans to franchise bus services

Northern has advised its customers across the North of England that services will be brought to a halt on Saturday 30 September as the latest ASLEF strike takes place.

No Saturday train services this Saturday, Northern warns passengers

Drivers planning to travel on the M62 in West Yorkshire have been advised to allow more time for their journeys tonight and tomorrow due to a lane closure for essential bridge parapet repairs.

Drivers advised to allow more time to travel as M62 lane closures in place

Pontefract Road was closed for a short time this morning.

Motorcyclist seriously injured in crash with car on Pontefract Road

Services were briefly disrupted when Arriva announced it would not send evening buses into Ossett bus station to protect the safety of passengers and staff.

Crime at 'an all time low' in Ossett weeks after spike in offences

The Roads Policing Unit is keen to hear from anyone who saw these vehicles driving anti-socially at around the stated time, or anyone who has footage which will assist with taking further action.

Lamborghinis and Ferraris reported as driving anti-socially on M1 and M62

People relying on public transport across the district have suffered in the past 12 months as operators have axed or reduced services .

Wakefield bus users can expect 'good news' over new routes and services

Taxi drivers staged an angry demonstration outside County Hall in Wakefield as they accused the local authority of putting livelihoods at risk.

Councillors agree to taxi vehicle age limit increase in Wakefield

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Traffic stopped on M62 between J26 and J27 due to a multi-vehicle collision

Joshua Glover pushes the button at one of Newton Bar’s 11 pedestrian and cycling crossing with Claire Glover and granddaughter Lyla Harmer, Coun Matthew Morley, Cabinet Member for Planning and Highways, and Donna Ambler, Project Officer for Transport Policy & Delivery at West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

£9.5m Newton Bar improvement scheme officially opens

How to get train tickets for as low as 50p, £1 and £2 in Northern flash sale

How to get train tickets for as low as 50p, £1 and £2 in Northern flash sale

Mr Lightwood has already written to the Transport Secretary and LNER to seek further clarity on the plans.

Simon Lightwood MP steps up campaign to save Wakefield Westgate ticket office

On completing the re-recordings, the duo behind the new announcements – Northern employees Pete Corley and Laura Palmer - issued a video message to thank customers for their feedback.

Northern re-records passenger announcements after mispronouncing Pontefract town

Susan Carson, Head of Operations at Arriva Bus Yorkshire, Coun Matthew Morley and Phil Milner, Acting Operations Manager at Arriva Bus Yorkshire.

New bus service for Wakefield's City Fields housing development

Traffic chaos is expected as thousands arrive for Leeds Festival.

Leeds Festival 2023: Road closures and heavy traffic expected in West Yorkshire

Road closures: More than a dozen for Wakefield drivers over the next fortnight

Here are all the road closures planned for Wakefield, Pontefract and Castleford

The M1 / M62 Lofthouse Interchange. A central barrier upgrade has been taking place on the M62 and the M1 in this area since January

M62 safety barrier upgrade at Lofthouse completed ahead of schedule

Strike action on the Northern network

Passengers warned of rail strikes on Northern network this weekend

These locations are accurate at the time of publication, but are subject to alteration without further notice.

Here are all the mobile speed cameras in use in Wakefield and the Five Towns

The M1 motorway near junction 39 (file image)

Police appeal after serious crash on M1 between Wakefield and Dewsbury

Representatives from Wakefield TUC, Leeds Wakefield and York Unite Community and the RMT helped collect the signatures

More than 500 shoppers in Wakefield sign petition to save rail ticket offices

Ossett Bus Station has seen anti-social behaviour and vandalism

Ossett Bus Station services reinstated after police patrols and security upped

Ossett Bus Station. Photo: Google

Arriva suspends Dewsbury to Wakefield evening service to Ossett Bus Station