Saltaire railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Saltaire


manager = Northern Rail
locale = Saltaire
borough = City of Bradford
pte = West Yorkshire (Metro)
zone = 3
code = SAE
usage0405 = 0.396
usage0506 = 0.419
usage0607 = 0.429
platforms = 2
start = 1856
Closed 1965
Reopened 1984

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.

ervices

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.

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Bibliography

*cite book|title=Railways Through Airedale & Wharfedale|first=Martin|last=Bairstow|id=ISBN 1-871944-28-7
*cite book|title=Railway Memories No. 7: Airedale & Wharfedale|first=Stephen|last=Chapman|publisher=Bellcode books|id=ISBN 1-871233-05-4

External links

* [http://www.wymetro.com/ProjectsAndPlans/ProposedProjects/Saltairerailstationticketofficeandwaitingrooms.htm Proposals to improve the station]