Keighley railway station

Keighley
Location
Place	Keighley
Local authority	City of Bradford
Coordinates	53.8679°N 1.9011°W / 53.8679; -1.9011
Grid reference	SE066413
Operations
Station code	KEI
Managed by	Northern Rail
Number of platforms	2 (National Rail) + 2 (K&WVR)
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	1.088 million
2005/06 *	1.127 million
2006/07 *	1.155 million
2007/08 *	1.183 million
2008/09 *	1.572 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	4
History
Original company	Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
16 Mar 1847	Opened (north of road bridge)
6 May 1883	Relocated (south of road bridge)
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Keighley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

Keighley railway station serves the town of Keighley in West Yorkshire, England.

First opened in March 1847 by the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway (although rebuilt on the present site in 1883), the station is located on the Airedale Line 17 miles (27 km) north west of Leeds. It is managed by Northern Rail, who operate most of the passenger trains serving it. Electric trains operate frequently from Keighley towards Bradford Forster Square, Leeds and Skipton. Longer distance trains on the Leeds to Morecambe Line and Settle to Carlisle Line also call here.

Keighley is also the northern terminus of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. This is a heritage branch-line railway run by volunteers that was originally built by the Midland Railway and opened in 1867. Closed to passenger traffic in 1962, it was reopened by the K&WVR Preservation Society six years later and is now a popular tourist attraction. Trains on the former GNR lines to Bradford and Halifax via Queensbury also served the station from 1882 until closure in May 1955.

The Airedale Line runs from platforms 1 and 2 and Keighley and Worth Valley railway operate from platforms 3 and 4.

The Keighley and Worth Valley service runs daily during the summer and at weekends in other seasons.

Filming

The station was featured in the Head & Shoulders advert "Don't break up with your hair" in early 2009. The advert uses the platform that serves the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, notable for the period features that it has retained over the years.

Services

There is a half-hourly service to both Leeds and Bradford Forster Square and four trains an hour on to Skipton during Monday to Saturday daytime. The evening frequency is hourly to Bradford and half hourly to Leeds, with three trains per hour to Skipton.

On Sundays there is an hourly service to Leeds and a two-hourly service to Bradford with two or three trains per hour to Skipton.

There are also a number of longer distance trains each day to Carlisle (seven on weekdays/Saturdays and three on Sundays) and Lancaster & Morecambe (four on weekdays, five on Saturdays and four on Sundays all year since the 2011 timetable change - see Northern Rail timetable 7 for details). These are all operated by Diesel Multiple Units.

In addition to the above, East Coast operate one train daily to London King's Cross, via Leeds and the East Coast Main Line.

The Keighley and Worth Valley service runs daily during the summer and at weekends in other seasons.

Keighley
Legend To SKIPTON Turntable To LEEDS To QUEENSBURY & BRADFORD To INGROW WEST

References

• PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2, Geoffrey Body (1988) Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN 1-85260-072-1
• Railways Through Airedale & Wharfedale Martin Bairstow (2004) ISBN 1-871944-28-7

External links

• Train times and station information for Keighley railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Shipley		East Coast East Coast Main Line		Skipton
Crossflatts		Northern Rail Airedale Line		Steeton and Silsden
Bingley		Northern Rail Leeds-Morecambe Line		Skipton
Bingley		Northern Rail Settle-Carlisle Line		Skipton
	Heritage railways
Ingrow (West)		Keighley and Worth Valley Railway		Terminus
	Disused railways
Ingrow (East)		GN The Queensbury Lines		Terminus
	Historical railways
Thwaites		Midland Railway Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway		Steeton and Silsden