Saltaire railway station
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Saltaire | |||
 |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | |||
| Place | Saltaire | ||
| Local authority | City of Bradford | ||
| Operations | |||
| Managed by | Northern Rail | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.396 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.418 million | ||
| Passenger Transport Executive | |||
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) | ||
| Zone | 3 | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1856 Closed 1965 Reopened 1984 |
||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Saltaire from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
|
|||
Saltaire railway station serves the village of Saltaire near Shipley in West Yorkshire, England.
The original station was opened in May 1856. It closed on March 20, 1965 following the Beeching Axe, but West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive reopened it on 9 April, 1984. The current station is unstaffed, and has wooden platforms and no substantial buildings.
The station is on the Airedale Line, between Bradford and Leeds, and Skipton. It is a busy commuter station both for passengers travelling to Leeds and Bradford and for staff in companies based in Salt's Mill, as well as serving tourists visiting Saltaire.
The lower station of the Shipley Glen Tramway is about half a mile from Saltaire Station.
[edit] Services
During Monday to Saturday daytime, there is a half-hourly service from Bingley to both Leeds and Bradford Forster Square in one direction and four trains an hour going towards Keighley and Skipton. Evenings there is a half hourly service to Leeds and an hourly service to Bradford Forster Square and three trains per hour to Skipton.
On Sundays there is an hourly service to Leeds and a two-hourly service to Bradford Forster Square with one or two trains per hour in the other direction to Skipton.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shipley | Northern Rail Airedale Line |
Bingley | ||
 The view from platform 2. |
 Platform 2. |
[edit] Bibliography
- Bairstow, Martin. Railways Through Airedale & Wharfedale. ISBN 1-871944-28-7.
- Chapman, Stephen. Railway Memories No. 7: Airedale & Wharfedale. Bellcode books. ISBN 1-871233-05-4.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Saltaire railway station from National Rail
- Proposals to improve the station
 |
This article on a railway station in Yorkshire and the Humber is a stub. You can help by expanding it. |
