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The Shipley Great Northern Railway branch line was a railway line that ran east, south and then westwards from Shipley to Bradford in West Yorkshire, England.The route was opened in 1874 to goods traffic and then to passengers in 1875 by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) and looped around the eastern edge of Bradford.
Platform 3 (on the Bradford-Leeds arm) was lengthened in 1990, to serve full-length InterCity trains. The northern (Leeds-Skipton) arm of the triangle is distant from the main station and had no platforms until May 1979. Before then, trains on the Leeds-Shipley-Skipton run had to come through the station to the Bradford branch and reverse.
The line was 13 miles in length. The terrain was distinctly unfavourable to railway alignment, and Stephenson routed the line north out of Bradford to Shipley, turning east there. There was a 1,300 yard tunnel at Thackley. [1] The Leeds and Bradford company built "a splendid new station" [1] at
The line is operated by Northern Trains. The fare structure is as follows (these show the West Yorkshire Metro rail zones): Zone 1 Leeds railway station; Zone 2 Kirkstall Forge; Zone 3 Apperley Bridge to Crossflatts. Shipley is also served by the Leeds–Bradford line and the Wharfedale line; Zone 4 Keighley; Zone 5 Steeton & Silsden
Bradford was a rapidly growing commercial conurbation, and residential travel facilities were in demand. In addition there were extensive mineral extraction activities between Bradford and Shipley, as well as offshoots of the textile industry. In 1866 the Bradford, Eccleshill and Idle Railway was authorised, and perhaps as an afterthought, the ...
Monday to Saturday evening trains (after 19:30) run to and from Skipton; passengers for Bradford Forster Square must change using a connecting shuttle service that runs between Shipley and Bradford Forster Square. [21] On Sundays, there is an hourly service to both Leeds and Bradford Forster Square. [22]
InterCity trains to and from Bradford Interchange were diverted from October 1988 to use the former Midland Railway Airedale line through Shipley and into Bradford Forster Square. [28] This had been suggested by Bradford Council , noting that commuters from the south of Bradford, who were formerly served by the GNR lines, often drove to Leeds ...
Baildon railway station serves the town of Baildon near Shipley in West Yorkshire, England. The station reopened under British Rail on 5 January 1973, by the Chairman of Baildon Council, Arnold Lightowler, having been closed for exactly 20 years. It is situated 4 miles (6 km) north of Bradford Forster Square, on the Wharfedale Line.