It was the project aimed at providing Leeds with a public transport system to finally be proud of. Plans for a new tram system for Leeds were first proposed in 1991 - more than three decades after the city had scrapped its original tramway. Supertram was heralded as the answer to getting people out of their cars and onto trams. These photos help tell the story of its rise and fall during the 2000s. READ MORE: How Leeds twice missed out on an underground system LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
1. Leeds Supertram
The story of how Leeds Supertram hit the buffers. | Third Party Photo: Third Party
2. Leeds Supertram
The 500 million pound scheme would involved a 17 mile tram network which would incorporate three lines. | other
3. Leeds Supertram
One route was to run from Stourton to Tingley via Hunslet, Belle Isle and Middleton. | jpimedia
4. Leeds Supertram
A second was to run to Weetwood via Leeds University, Hyde Park and Headingley. | jpimedia
5. Leeds Supertram
The third line would terminate at Whinmoor with stops at St James's Hospital, Harehills and Seacroft. | jpimedia Photo: Dan Oxtoby
6. Leeds Supertram
All three routes were to meet in the city centre in a loop line running along The Headrow, Park Row, Boar Lane, Kirkgate and behind Kirkgate Market. | jpimedia