Baildon railway station
Baildon  | |
|---|---|
|
The view from the platform | |
| Location | |
| Place | Baildon |
| Local authority | City of Bradford |
| Coordinates | 53°51′00″N 1°45′14″W / 53.850°N 1.754°WCoordinates: 53°51′00″N 1°45′14″W / 53.850°N 1.754°W |
| Grid reference | SE162393 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BLD |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F1 |
|
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 0.171 million |
| 2005/06 |
 0.180 million |
| 2006/07 |
 0.171 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.179 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.231 million |
| 2009/10 |
0.214 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.222 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.220 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.208 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.216 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.251 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 3 |
| History | |
| 4 December 1876 | Station opens |
| 5 January 1953 | Station closed |
| 28 January 1957 | Station reopened |
| 29 April 1957 | Station closed |
| 5 January 1973 | Station reopened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Baildon from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Baildon railway station serves the town of Baildon near Shipley in West Yorkshire, England. The station reopened under British Rail on 5 January 1973, by the Chairman of Baildon Council- Arnold Lightowler, having been closed for exactly 20 years, and is 4 miles (6 km) north of Bradford Forster Square on the Wharfedale Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern.
History
Opened by the Midland Railway, the station became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
Services
During Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service to Bradford Forster Square and Ilkley. During Monday to Saturday evenings it is hourly in each direction, and on Sundays it is two-hourly. Unlike other stations on the Wharfedale and Airdale lines, Baildon has no direct service to Leeds owing to its position on the curve between the two lines. Passengers must instead change at Shipley or Guiseley (Shipley having more services) to access Leeds.
The site today
The line has been reduced to single track, so there is only one platform, and the station building has been sold. The second platform is disused and covered in weeds.
References
- Railways Through Airedale & Wharfedale Martin Bairstow (2004) ISBN 1-871944-28-7
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baildon railway station. |
- Train times and station information for Baildon railway station from National Rail
- Station on navigable O.S. map
- Heritage Walks around Baildon - including a Railway Walk
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Rail | ||||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Shipley Line and station open |
Midland Railway Wharfedale Line |
Esholt Line open, station closed | ||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||