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 The Huddersfield FreeTownBus | |
| Parent | West Yorkshire Metro |
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| Founded | January 2006 |
| Headquarters | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| Service area | West Yorkshire |
| Destinations | Bradford Wakefield Huddersfield Dewsbury[1] |
| Operator | First West Yorkshire, Star Travel, Tiger Blue |
| Website | www.wymetro.com |
FreeCityBus or FreeTownBus is a family of zero-fare bus services which are operated in the centres of several cities and towns in the English county of West Yorkshire. The services operate as FreeCityBus in the city of Wakefield and as FreeTownBus in the towns of Huddersfield and Dewsbury. The service is run under contract to West Yorkshire Metro. FreeCityBus had also operated in Leeds between 2006 and 2011 before being replaced by LeedsCityBus in April 2011 then joining onto route 5 in 2016 and in Bradford before being replaced by Bradford City Bus in 2016.
Since the first service began in 2006, over 11 million passengers have used the free bus services.[2]
- ^ Rush, James (13 November 2009). "Landmark for free city bus service". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ^ "Metro unveils first XI" (Press release). West Yorkshire Metro. 11 June 2010. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2011.