COMMUTERS will be able to "turn up and go" at a new bus station on the outskirts of York - without fear of extra traffic misery.

That's the claim from bus operator Yorkshire Coastliner, which hopes to provide buses every 15 minutes between Leeds, York, Ryedale and the East Coast from the new site.

Plans for the station and Park&Ride site, revealed in the Evening Press last month, are being scrutinised by local authorities in York and Ryedale before being given the green light.

Ryedale District Council is expected to make a decision on whether or not to support the scheme at a meeting tomorrow.

City of York Council, which will have the final say in the matter, could decide its fate by the end of next month.

North Yorkshire County Council has already thrown its weight behind the plan for the new Park&Ride centre.

Transport chief Richard Owens said he was "supportive of the concept", which "strengthens the idea of seeking new and innovative ways of attracting additional users to public transport".

Yorkshire Coastliner has revealed more details of its planned station at the former Hazelbush caf off the A64 near Stockton-on-the-Forest, about 8km north-east of York city centre and 16km south-west of Malton.

The company commissioned a traffic survey from consultants Sanderson Associates, which found that "the development can accommodate traffic movements to and from the site without being of detriment to the free and safe flow of traffic along the A64".

If the new station went ahead, the company would be able to increase the frequency of journey times between York and Leeds to at least one every 20 minutes. The company has also pledged to install noise-dampening fences, to reduce the impact on nearby residents. However, the move would see Yorkshire Coastliner quitting its existing base in Malton.

Giles Fearnley, managing director of Blazefield Holdings, Yorkshire Coastliner's parent company, said if all went well the station would open in early 2007.

Updated: 11:04 Monday, January 16, 2006