General information | |||||
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Location | Ilkley, City of Bradford England | ||||
Coordinates | 53°55′33″N1°47′50″W / 53.9257°N 1.7973°W | ||||
Grid reference | SE134477 | ||||
Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
Transit authority | West Yorkshire Metro | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | BEY | ||||
Fare zone | 4 | ||||
Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.221 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.227 million | ||||
2020/21 | 57,658 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.145 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.184 million | ||||
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Ben Rhydding railway station serves the Ben Rhydding area of Ilkley,West Yorkshire;it is situated about a mile east of the town centre. It is on the Wharfedale Line,between Ilkley and Leeds/Bradford Forster Square,it is served by Class 331 and Class 333 electric multiple units (EMUs) run by Northern Trains,who also manage the station. It is 15.5 miles (24.9 km) north-west of Leeds,and 1-mile (1.6 km) east of Ilkley railway station. [1]
The station has two through-platforms linked by a footbridge. [2] [3] The footbridge is not wheelchair accessible but there is level access to both platforms from separate streets. There is a small station car park with around twenty spaces. [4] There is a public address system,electronic displays on both platforms and both platforms have a passenger shelter. The station is unstaffed and the former station buildings are now in private use.
During Monday to Saturday daytimes services run to/from Leeds twice per hour and hourly to Bradford,whilst there are three services every hour to Ilkley. One extra service each way runs to/from Bradford and Ilkley at peak times. During Monday to Saturday evenings and all day on Sundays,services are hourly to/from both Leeds and Bradford Forster Square (service to/from the latter was doubled on Sundays from two-hourly at the December 2017 timetable change),with two departures per hour to Ilkley. [5] The station has a small car park,but no other amenities. Since electrification of the Wharfedale Line most services are operated by British Rail Class 333 Electric Multiple Units. [6]
Ben Rhydding station,built as part of the Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway,was opened to passenger traffic on 1 July 1866,eleven months after the opening of the railway. Originally the station was to be called Wheatley,the name of the village,but the influence of the Ben Rhydding Hydro establishment,saw a name-change on account of those using the station to visit the hydro. [7] [8] In April 1865 the North Eastern Railway Board had "ordered that a small wooden station consisting of booking office,waiting room and retiring room for ladies be provided as a temporary accommodation at Ben Rhydding." [9] Six years later,in May 1871,the Joint Committee reached an agreement with the proprietor of the Ben Rhydding Hydro,that a more permanent station structure should be built at the expense of the Hydro,with a ground rent of a penny per annum,so long as the structures met the approval of the railway engineer,a Mr. Crossley. The Hydro's arrangements with the company lasted until 1885,when the structures –a stone built station house on the south (down) platform and a wooden structure on the north (up) platform –were sold to the railway company for £240. [10] Clients of the hydro were met by the hydro's horse-bus,and later by motor-bus,up until some time after the first world war. [9] The station was opened to goods traffic in 1888,and trailing access sidings were provided on the down side for this purpose. [11] A new signal box was opened in 1901,situated at the Ilkley end of the northern platform. [11] The signal box closed in December 1965. Goods traffic ceased on 5 July 1965,and the sidings later removed. Station staff were withdrawn on 7 October 1968,when 'pay-trains' were introduced. [12] The stone station building has subsequently been demolished,and shelter on both platforms is restricted to simple bus-stop type covered areas. Electrification of the Wharfedale Line was undertaken by British Rail between 1994 and 1995 and is of the standard 25kV overhead supply. [13]
Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire,in Northern England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire,Ilkley civil parish includes the adjacent village of Ben Rhydding and is a ward within the City of Bradford. Approximately 12 miles (19 km) north of Bradford and 17 miles (27 km) north-west of Leeds,the town lies mainly on the south bank of the River Wharfe in Wharfedale,one of the Yorkshire Dales.
The Wharfedale line is one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. The service connects Ilkley with Leeds and Bradford,and is operated by Northern Trains. West Yorkshire Metrocards are available for use on the line,covering Zones 3–5. The line is served predominantly by four-coach Class 333 electric multiple units.
Guiseley railway station serves Guiseley in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough,West Yorkshire,England. On the Wharfedale Line between Ilkley and Leeds/Bradford Forster Square,it is served mostly by Class 333 electric trains run by Northern Trains,which also manages the station.
Bradford Forster Square railway station serves Bradford,West Yorkshire,England. The majority of services to and from the station use Class 333 electric multiple units operated by Northern Trains;they run on the Airedale line to Skipton,the Wharfedale line to Ilkley and the Leeds-Bradford line to Leeds.
Ben Rhydding is a village in the City of Bradford,West Yorkshire,England. It is part of the Ilkley urban area and civil parish.
Menston railway station serves Menston in the City of Bradford,West Yorkshire,England. On the Wharfedale Line between Ilkley and Leeds/Bradford Forster Square,it is served by Class 331 and 333 electric trains run by Northern Trains,who also manage the station.
Burley-in-Wharfedale railway station serves the village of Burley in Wharfedale in West Yorkshire,England,in the City of Bradford. The station lies on the Wharfedale Line between Ilkley and Leeds/Bradford Forster Square. It is served by Class 333 units run by Northern Trains,who also manage the station.
Ilkley railway station serves Ilkley in the City of Bradford,West Yorkshire,England. On the Wharfedale Line,it is served by Class 333 electric trains run by Northern Trains,which also manages the station.
Shipley railway station serves the market town of Shipley in West Yorkshire,England. It is 2+3⁄4 miles (4.4 km) north of Bradford Forster Square and 10+3⁄4 miles (17.3 km) north-west of Leeds.
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. It is situated 4 miles (6 km) north of Bradford Forster Square,on the Wharfedale Line. The station,and all trains serving it,are operated by Northern Trains.
Frizinghall railway station is situated in the Frizinghall district of Bradford,West Yorkshire,England. It is an unstaffed halt on the Airedale Line,2 miles (3 km) north of Bradford Forster Square. The station,and all trains serving it,are operated by Northern Trains.
Saltaire railway station serves the Victorian model village of Saltaire near Shipley in West Yorkshire,England. It is situated 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) north of Bradford Forster Square.
Keighley railway station serves the market town of Keighley in West Yorkshire,England. The station is located on the Airedale line,17 miles (27 km) north-west of Leeds. It provides electric services to Leeds,Skipton and Bradford Forster Square,operated by Northern,along with longer distance diesel services to Morecambe and Carlisle. The station is split in two:National Rail services operate from platforms 1 and 2,while platforms 3 and 4 are the northern terminus of heritage services to Oxenhope on the Keighley &Worth Valley Railway.
Skipton railway station is a Grade II listed station which serves the market town of Skipton in North Yorkshire,England. It is a stop on the Airedale Line,which provides access to destinations such as Leeds,Bradford,Carlisle,Lancaster and Morecambe. The station is operated by Northern Trains and is situated 27 miles (43 km) north-west of Leeds;it is located on Broughton Road.
Apperley Bridge station is situated in Bradford on the line between Leeds and Shipley,West Yorkshire,England. It serves the district of Apperley Bridge in the north-east of the city.
The Yorkshire Dales Railway was a branch line linking the town of Skipton with the villages of Rylstone,Threshfield and Grassington in North Yorkshire,England. There were two stations on the line –Grassington &Threshfield and Rylstone –and a connection via the Skipton to Ilkley Line to Skipton.
Kirkstall Forge railway station is a station serving the Kirkstall area of Leeds,West Yorkshire,England. It is on the Leeds to Bradford Line between Leeds City and Shipley and was opened on 19 June 2016,near the site of an earlier station with the same name.
The Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway was a railway line running between the towns of Otley and Ilkley in West Yorkshire. The line was managed and run jointly by the Midland Railway (MR) and the North Eastern Railway (NER) and was 6+1⁄2 miles (10 km) long. Opened to passenger traffic on 1 August 1865 and freight traffic some months later,the line ran for almost 100 years before partial closure in July 1965 when the line to Otley closed. Today passenger services run over the rest of the line as part of the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (WYPTE) Wharfedale Line.
The Wharfedale Greenway is a proposed cycleway,footpath and equestrian route which will run along the route of the former Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway between Burley in Wharfedale and Pool in Wharfedale via Otley,West Yorkshire,England. The railway previously connected the extant Wharfedale and Harrogate lines until its closure in 1965. It will also have a branch southwards towards Menston alongside the remaining railway to Ilkley. The rail trail has been planned by Sustrans and the parish councils along the route since 2010 and was approved by Leeds City Council in July 2020.
Ben Rhydding Hydro,opened as the Wharfedale Hydropathic Establishment and Ben Rhydding Hotel and later rebranded as the Ben Rhydding Golf Hotel was a hotel in Ben Rhydding near Ilkley,West Yorkshire,England,opened in 1844 and demolished in 1955.
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