West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin has issued a joint statement after a consultation to close almost all rail ticket offices in the country ended.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed plans for trains between York, Leeds and Manchester to run on a "first-class, fully-electrified railway" as he announced nearly £600m to pay for upgrades to the vital route.
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