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Transport within Leeds consists of extensive road, bus and rail networks. The city has good rail and road links to the rest of the country. Leeds railway station is one of the busiest in Britain, and Leeds is connected to the national road network via the A1(M) motorway, M1 motorway and M62 motorway. The city is served by Leeds Bradford International Airport. ==Rail== (詳細はLeeds railway station at New Station Street is one of the busiest in the UK outside central London, with around 1000 trains serving more than 100,000 passengers who pass through the main ticket gates daily.〔http://www.wymetro.com/news/releases/leedsstationentrance.htm〕 Its modern interior provides connections to London, Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Newcastle via CrossCountry. Edinburgh and the north can be accessed via CrossCountry or Virgin Trains East Coast services to Aberdeen, although changes are often required at York or Newcastle. Manchester, Liverpool and the west are accessible by First TransPennine Express, as are Scarborough and Hull in the east. There is a large commuter rail network co-ordinated by Metro and operated by Northern Rail to many villages, towns and cities in the city region. The station has 17 platforms, making it the largest in Britain outside London, having been rebuilt from 12 platforms in 2001 at a cost of £265m. From Leeds, MetroTrains operated by Northern Rail operate to all parts of West Yorkshire and surrounding local and commuter locations and other operators including Virgin Trains East Coast, CrossCountry, East Midlands Trains and First TransPennine Express operate services to the rest of the country. Leeds has two railway lines offering direct services to London. The principal route is along the electrified East Coast Main Line which operates half-hourly through the day, and is planned to increase to every 20 minutes. This service terminates at London Kings Cross, adjacent to St Pancras station. East Midlands Trains offer an alternative route via Leicester and Sheffield along the Midland Main Line to St Pancras, for Paris and Brussels by Eurostar. Through tickets can be bought on East Coast or East Midlands Trains from Leeds to European destinations thanks to this interchange. The East Midlands Trains service operates principally because the its fleet of former Midland Mainline diesel high speed trains (HSTs) are based at the Neville Hill maintenance depot in Leeds. There are three trains per day in each direction. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Transport in Leeds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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