Bramley railway station (West Yorkshire)

Bramley (West Yorkshire) National Rail
The view from platform 2
Location
Place Bramley
Local authority City of Leeds
Coordinates 53°48′20″N 1°38′17″W / 53.80558°N 1.63792°W / 53.80558; -1.63792Coordinates: 53°48′20″N 1°38′17″W / 53.80558°N 1.63792°W / 53.80558; -1.63792
Grid reference SE239344
Operations
Station code BLE
Managed by Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 0.299 million
2013/14 Increase 0.317 million
2014/15 Decrease 0.306 million
2015/16 Increase 0.315 million
2016/17 Increase 0.346 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone 2
History
Original company Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
1 August 1854 Station opened
4 July 1966 Closed
12 September 1983 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 Bramley (West Yorkshire) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Bramley railway station serves the suburb of Bramley, Leeds, England. It lies on the Calder Valley line 4 miles (6 km) west from Leeds.

History

The original station was opened by the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway on 1 August 1854.[1] This was closed by British Railways on 4 July 1966,[1] the last trains having called on 2 July. The station had platforms opposite each other and were connected by a footbridge.

The original station in 1961

The present station off Stanningley Road opened on 12 September 1983[1] by Metro (West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive) and British Rail. The station's two wooden platforms are staggered.

Facilities

The station is unmanned and has no ticket machine, passengers must buy tickets on the train or in advance. There are shelters and passenger information screens on each platform, along with a system to provide train running information. Though there are ramps to each platform, disabled access to platform 2 is restricted by the path being narrow and opening out onto a busy main road.[2]

Services

British Rail Class 144 at Bramley station.

Monday to Saturday daytimes three trains per hour head eastbound towards Leeds, and westbound to Bradford Interchange and Halifax. Two of three go beyond Halifax to Manchester Victoria and the other towards Huddersfield via Brighouse. The service to Huddersfield usually originates at Selby, but only one train per day in the other direction currently runs there. Evenings two trains an hour head eastbound to Leeds and two westbound - one through to Manchester Victoria and one to Huddersfield.[3]

There is an additional 4th [train per hour] that runs Mon-Fri eastbound, just before 8am, which is operated by Grand Central on behalf of Northern - as such, tickets cannot be purchased on this service.

On Sundays there are two trains per hour towards Leeds and to Bradford Interchange. One westbound service runs through to Manchester and the other runs to either Huddersfield or Halifax.[4]

The Northern service to Blackpool North passes through Bramley but does not stop there.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 42. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. ↑ Bramley station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 30 November 2016
  3. ↑ Table 41 National Rail timetable, December 2016
  4. ↑
  • Martin Bairstow (1999). The Great Northern Railway in the West Riding. ISBN 1-871944-19-8.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
New Pudsey   Northern
Caldervale Line		   Leeds
  Historical railways  
Stanningley   Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)
Leeds, Bradford & Halifax Junction Railway		   Armley Moor



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