Frizinghall railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Frizinghall


manager = Northern Rail
locale = Frizinghall
borough = City of Bradford
pte = West Yorkshire (Metro)
zone = 3
usage0405 = 0.230
usage0506 = 0.261
usage0607 = 0.268
code = FZH
platforms = 2
start = 1875
Closed 1965
Reopened 1987

Frizinghall railway station is situated in the Frizinghall district of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The station, which is an unstaffed halt 3 km (2 miles) north of Bradford Forster Square, and all trains serving it are operated by Northern Rail.

History

Frizinghall station was opened by the Midland Railway on 1 February 1875. It remained in operation until it was closed on 20 March, 1965, a casualty of the Beeching Axe. However the line on which it stood remained open, and 22 years later the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive reopened the station.

The original station had two platforms opposite each other on the north side of Frizinghall Road, but the current station, opened on 7 September, 1987, has the two platforms separated: the northbound platform is approximately where it was before, and the southbound is to the south of Frizinghall Road.

Bradford Grammar School was relocated to Frizinghall in the late 1940s. From then until closure, and again after reopening, pupils have constituted one of the main sources of traffic at the station. Indeed, it was an English teacher at Bradford Grammar School, Dr Robin Sisson, who actively fought for Frizinghall station to reopen. With some irony, Sisson was killed in a car accident in Sheffield on June 24, 2008. [ [http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/3191308.Tributes_to_rail_expert_Robin__50/ Tributes to rail expert Robin, 50] ]

Frizinghall signal box is preserved in working order at Damems Junction, on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

Historically, services were as follows:
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ervices

Frizinghall is served by trains from Bradford Forster Square towards Leeds (on the Leeds-Bradford Line), Skipton (on the Airedale Line) and Ilkley (on the Wharfedale Line). During Monday to Saturday daytimes, trains operate every 30 minutes on each route. During the evenings, there are trains every hour to each of Skipton and Ilkley; on Sundays these run every two hours. At these times there are no trains to Leeds; passengers have to change at Shipley.

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References

* Whitaker, Alan & Myland, Brian, 1993 "Railway Memories No 4: Bradford". Bellcode Books ISBN 1-871233-03-8
* Bairstow, Martin, 2004 "Railways Through Airedale & Wharfedale" ISBN 1-871944-28-7

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