WORK to improve the main entrance to Bradford Interchange is scheduled to start this spring.

When the project is complete it will result in a dedicated taxi rank and a new pick-up and drop-off area for the public. There will be new and extended pedestrian crossings as well as new pavement furniture to protect pedestrians.

The work is expected to take around eight weeks.

In February, the Combined Authority approved a £5.65 million scheme to improve the Interchange as a gateway to Bradford city centre.

Further stages would see wholesale improvements to the Interchange’s layout and facilities improving the way that passengers can use the building and move from one transport mode to another, paving the way for improved Calder Valley rail services and a central Bradford stop on the planned Northern Powerhouse Rail or HS3 route.