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Shipley railway station serves the market town of Shipley in West Yorkshire, England. It is 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (4.4 km) north of Bradford Forster Square and 10 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (17.3 km) north-west of Leeds .
The terminus of the new line was called Shipley and Windhill Station (According to Dewick, [2] it was first Shipley (Great Northern) and then Shipley Bridge Street) or possibly Shipley East. [3] The station was on the north side of Leeds Road, west of the Bradford Canal, and less than 330 yards (300 m) from the existing Shipley Station on the ...
In 1885, the old Midland Railway station was replaced, and by 1900, 400 trains were passing through Shipley each month, carrying 50,000 passengers. [ 66 ] Shipley railway station has an unusual triangular layout, serving trains on the Skipton to Leeds line, the Leeds to Bradford Forster Square line, and the Bradford to Skipton/Ilkley lines.
The station building at Shipley has been in use as a business premises since the line's closure and is clearly visible from the A657 road and from the Midland station in the town centre. [42] The station building at Eccleshill has been demolished, [43] likewise the one at Idle which has disappeared under a road scheme. [21]
Shipley Gate railway station served the village of Shipley, Derbyshire, England from 1851 to 1948 on the Erewash Valley Line. History The ...
Apperley Bridge station opened in 2015. 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 ...
Intermediate stations on the main line were later closed and local passenger trains ceased to operate from 2 January 1967. Mansfield was by this time a very large population centre without a railway station, and on 7 May 1973 a new station on the Erewash Valley main line was opened at Alfreton, named Alfreton and Mansfield Parkway. [21] [22]
The original station was opened in May 1856 by the Midland Railway, which had absorbed the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway between Shipley and Colne in 1851. It closed on 20 March 1965 following the Beeching Axe, but West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive and British Rail reopened it on 9 April 1984, at a cost of £139,000 (equivalent to £564,300 in 2023).