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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 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).
A very similar accident occurred at Shipley on 18 May 1916 to a goods train headed by another saddle tank, No. 845, again causing much damage but no loss of life. [39] On 22 February 1887, a passenger train from Bradford going to Shipley, collided with a goods train that was foul of the running lines just east of Laisterdyke station.
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
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]
The Leeds and Bradford (Shipley–Colne Extension) Railway Act of 30 June 1845 [1] empowered the company to build its line as an extension of the Leeds and Bradford Railway, which was still under construction between Leeds and Bradford. In July 1846, the company was leased to the Midland Railway, which later absorbed it on 24 July 1851. [2]
There were no intermediate stations at first. The Bradford station was referred to as "Market Street" until its name was changed to Forster Square in 1924. [1] [5] [10] [11] Public services began between Leeds and Bradford on 1 July 1846 with a regular hourly service, 18 trains per day in each direction on a weekday with five each way on ...
Frizinghall railway station is situated in the Frizinghall district of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is an unstaffed halt on the Airedale Line, 2 miles (3 km) north of Bradford Forster Square. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains.