HERE are the transport ideals for Yorkshire:

1. Reopen railway stations at Haxby and Strensall, plus a halt at York Hospital.

2. Electrify with overhead wires between Copmanthorpe and Neville Hill, and reopen station at Copmanthorpe.

3. Electrify the line from Hull to Liverpool.

4. HS2 to have York included in the scheme. Dual the A1237 ring road right through from Copmanthorpe to Hopgrove.

5. Dual the A64 from Leeds to Scarborough.

However, these will always remain but a pipe dream.

The reason being all the above are some 200 miles north of London. Also, the funding for Yorkshire stops in a siding after Stevenage.

David Barber, Lowick, York