Saltaire railway station
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Saltaire railway station serves the Victorian model village of Saltaire near Shipley in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated Script error: No such module "convert". north of Template:Rws.
History
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 (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".).[1][2] The current station has wooden platforms and waiting shelters (though these are stone-built rather than the metal and plexiglass designs used elsewhere). Its predecessor was of more substantial stone construction, with buildings on each platform; these were demolished in 1970, five years after the station closed.[3]
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 the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Saltaire.
The lower station of the Shipley Glen Tramway is about half a mile from Saltaire Station. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal, River Aire and Roberts Park, Saltaire are also close by.
Stationmasters
Sometime after 1927 the position of station master was merged with that of Shipley.
- J. Mitchell until 1861[4]
- William Secker 1861 - 1907[5]
- Thomas Ripley 1907[5] - 1920[6]
- Albert John Bell 1921 - 1927[7]
- F.J. Dando from 1927 (formerly station master at Embsay, afterwards station master at Cherry Tree)
Facilities
Though unstaffed, the station has ticket machines available. There is step-free access to both platforms via ramps from the street above.[8] Train running information can be obtained via digital information screens, timetable posters and an automated public address system.
Services
Since the May 2023 timetable update, there is a half-hourly service to Leeds, an hourly service to Bradford Forster Square and three trains per hour to Skipton throughout the day Mondays to Saturdays.[9] The Bradford service increases to half-hourly at peak times, with some additional services also to Leeds and Skipton. One early morning train to both Carlisle and Template:Rws also call here (the former on weekdays only).
On Sundays, there is an hourly service to Leeds and to Bradford Forster Square, with two trains per hour to Skipton. The first departures from Leeds to both Lancaster and Carlisle also stop.
| Preceding station | National Rail National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Shipley | style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Northern Trains Airedale Line |
style="background:#Template:Northern colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Bingley |
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| Shipley | style="background:#Template:MR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Midland Railway Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway |
style="background:#Template:MR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Bingley |
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The view from platform 2.
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Platform 2.
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Two Class 333 trains cross at the station.
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Looking down the entrance rampe
References
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- ↑ Saltaire Railway Station Saltaire Stories; Retrieved 29 November 2016
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- ↑ Saltaire station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 29 November 2016
- ↑ GB National Rail Timetable May 2023 Edition, Table 35
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Bibliography
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Further reading
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External links
- Train times and station information for Saltaire railway station from National Rail
- Proposals to improve the station
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