Keighley railway station

Keighley
Platforms 1 and 2, with a Northern Rail Class 333 calling
General information
Location	Keighley, City of Bradford England
Coordinates	53°52′04″N1°54′04″W / 53.8679°N 1.9011°W / 53.8679; -1.9011
Grid reference	SE066413
Managed by	Northern
Transit authority	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms	2 (National Rail) + 2 (K&WVR)
Other information
Station code	KEI
Fare zone	4
Classification	DfT category C2
History
Original company	Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
16 Mar 1847	Opened (north of road bridge) [1]
6 May 1883	Relocated (south of road bridge) [1]
Passengers
2018/19	1.623 million

Northern Trains Route 7
v t e
Bentham Line and Settle and Carlisle Line
Carlisle Armathwaite Lazonby & Kirkoswald Langwathby Appleby Kirkby Stephen Garsdale Dent Ribblehead Horton-in-Ribblesdale Settle Heysham Port Morecambe Bare Lane Lancaster Carnforth Wennington Bentham Clapham Giggleswick Long Preston Hellifield Gargrave Skipton Keighley Bingley Shipley Leeds

During Monday to Saturday daytimes and in the evenings there is a half-hourly service to Leeds, an hourly service to Bradford Forster Square and three trains per hour to Skipton. ^[7] The Bradford service formerly ran twice-hourly during the day prior to the spring 2023 timetable change, but now only does so at peak times.

On Sundays there is an hourly service to Leeds and to Bradford with two per hour to Skipton. The new Northern franchise agreement, starting in April 2016, included provision to increase the Bradford service to hourly from its former two-hourly frequency, and this occurred at the December 2017 timetable change.

There are also a number of trains each day from Leeds to Carlisle (eight on weekdays and six on Sundays) and Lancaster (seven on weekdays with five extended to Morecambe; one terminates at Carnforth, and five on Sundays) - both routes are operated by Northern.

There is also a daily service from Skipton to London King's Cross (via Leeds) that calls (except Sundays), which is operated by London North Eastern Railway. A return service also operates from King's Cross to Skipton - this runs all week, including Sundays and calls to set down only. ^[8]

The Keighley and Worth Valley service runs daily during the summer and at weekends in other seasons, but has resisted offers to introduce a true commuter service in conjunction with the local authority. ^[9] It has a connection to the Airedale Line (via sidings) just north of the Bradford Road bridge for rolling stock transfers and occasional visits by charter trains.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Shipley		London North Eastern Railway (Limited service)		Skipton
Crossflatts		Northern Airedale Line		Steeton and Silsden
Bingley		Northern Leeds-Morecambe Line		Skipton
Bingley		Northern Settle-Carlisle Line		Skipton
	Heritage railways
Ingrow (West)		Keighley & Worth Valley Railway		Terminus
	Disused railways
Ingrow (East)		Great Northern Railway Queensbury lines		Terminus
	Historical railways
Thwaites		Midland Railway Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway		Steeton and Silsden

Filming

The station was featured in the Head & Shoulders advert "Don't break up with your hair" in early 2009. The advert uses the platform that serves the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, notable for the period features that it has retained over the years. ^[10]

The station was used in the filming of the film Yanks (1979) and in the Pink Floyd film, The Wall (1982). It was used in the filming of Peaky Blinders , a BBC television drama about criminals in Birmingham just after the First World War. ^[11]

In the first episode of All Creatures Great and Small (2020 TV series), the main character, James Herriot, says goodbye to his parents and boards a train in Glasgow; these scenes were actually filmed at Keighley station. A KWVR train also appears in that episode. ^[12]

See also

• Listed buildings in Keighley

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (October 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   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M. p.128
2. Keighley, William (1879). Keighley, past and present, or An historical, topographical and statistical sketch of the town, parish, and environs of Keighley, including some places in the parish of Bingley; likewise an account of the ancient families. Keighley: A Hey. p. 258. OCLC   79287832.
3. Leach, Peter; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Yorkshire West Riding : Leeds, Bradford and the North (2 ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 124. ISBN   978-0-300-12665-5.
4. Historic England. "Keighley Railway Station (1199129)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 3 April 2022.
5. Keighley station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 1 December 2016
6. Newsagents and Refreshment Kiosk at Keighley Station Dixon, David Geograph.org; Retrieved 1 December 2016
7. GB National Rail Timetable May 2023 Edition, Table 35
8. Table 20 National Rail timetable, May 2023
9. Bairstow, Martin (2004). Railways Through Airedale & Wharfedale. Farsley: Bairstow. p. 82. ISBN   1-871944-28-7.
10. "Don't Break up with Your Hair, Use Head & Shoulders Advert, Ad - Head & Shoulders Range - Video Clip". Archived from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
11. Rahman, Miran. "Filming starts at Keighley & Worth Valley Railway". Keighley News. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
12. Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

• PSL Field Guides - Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 2, Geoffrey Body (1988) Patrick Stephens Ltd, Wellingborough, ISBN   1-85260-072-1

External links

• Train times and station information for Keighley railway station from National Rail