Forgotten tram tracks in Leeds city centre exposed by Headrow roadworks

And while it should result in the number of buses doubling int the coming years and a better environment for cyclists and pedestrians, excavations have revealed evidence of something many people see as the ultimate solution to Leeds' transport woes - a mass-transit system, albeit one that has not been in operation for more than 60 years.

The Leeds Civic Trust posted pictures of Leeds' old tramlines at the junction of Park Row and The Headrow.

The long-buried, rusting rails were part of the old route to Lawnswood.

But it's not the first time the old tramways have resurfaced during modern groundwork.

Tramlines were discovered at the junction of York Street and Duke Street last year.In June 2018, tracks that once ran along Otley Road in Headingley were revealed when a sinkhole developed after a water main burst.

Otley Road was one of the main tram routes into the city, and the service to the Original Oak was the first to open in Victorian Leeds. There was also a tram depot at Far Headingley.

After the entire network was shut in 1959, many of the tracks remained in place, but were built over with modern highways.

In 2017, excavation work by Northern Gas Networks unearthed the remains of tram rails on Chapeltown Road.

They had once been part of a 'spur' track that ran from Harehills Avenue to Reginald Terrace.

The branch line had been an extension of the main route to Moortown and Roundhay, but closed several decades before the whole network did - possibly as early as the 1920s.

There are examples of old tram infrastructure than can still be seen around Leeds, including electrical boxes and signage. An old substation used to power the tram network can be seen on Abbey Road in Hawksworth.