Pensioner pressure seems to have paid off in restoring a Riddlesden bus stop to its original spot.

Residents were outraged when they found that a Scott Lane bus stop had been moved several yards up the road to Dunkirk Rise.

They saw no logic as to why it was shifted on to a steep slope, which made it harder to get on an off buses. Metro had said it was for safety purposes but now appears to have changed its mind.

Ward councillor Martin Leathley, pictured, says: "We think it is very likely to be moved back. We've been negotiating with Metro."

Bus user and Scott Lane West resident Jim Blamire says: "We've been backwards and forwards with this ever since it got moved.

"It just wasn't safe for drivers and passengers. Every time the bus stopped it moved backwards.

"When you've got two carrier bags of shopping it's not safe."

Pensioner Robert Knights, who also lives in Scott Lane West, says: "It's going to make life easier once it's moved back. A lot of older people couldn't get off properly with their shopping. "It had been there for 30 years and there had never been a problem."

A spokesman for Metro, at Leeds, says that the original position was not a nominated bus stop - people used to just stand there.

"The Dunkirk Rise stop was erected on safety grounds.

"The highways division of Bradford council has written to West Riddlesden Hall who own this piece of land.

"Subject to their discussions we can't see any reason not to have a bus stop in Scott Lane."

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