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A progress report on construction of the highly-anticipated White Rose Rail Station has been issued.

Situated between Morley and Cottingley, the White Rose Rail Station will be located on the TransPennine route to Manchester via Huddersfield. It will be a two-platform station providing improved access to the adjacent White Rose office park, shopping centre and bus interchange.

The new £26.5 million station, which will replace Cottingley Rail Station, was scheduled to open in early 2024 but is now set to be hit by delays - the YEP can exclusively reveal.

Construction of the new £26.5 million White Rose station is set to be delayed. Picture: Tony Johnson

A West Yorkshire Combined Authority spokesperson said: "Work on the new, fully accessible White Rose Rail Station is now expected to continue until later this year.

White Rose Station: Progress report issued as new £26.5 million Leeds rail station hit by delays