Keighley railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Keighley


manager = Northern Rail
locale = Keighley
borough = City of Bradford
pte = West Yorkshire (Metro)
zone = 4
code = KEI
usage0405 = 1.088
usage0506 = 1.127
usage0607 = 1.155
platforms = 2 (National Rail) +
2 (K&WVR)
start = 1847

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

First opened in 1847 by the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway, the station is located on the Airedale Line 17 miles (27km) 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 from Leeds stop at Keighley on their way to Morecambe, Settle and Carlisle.

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.

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

ervices

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 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 is usually one longer distance train per hour to either Carlisle or Morecambe.

In addition to the above, National Express 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.

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

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