KEIGHLEY RAILWAY STATION


Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, June 2006

'Keighley railway station' serves the town of Keighley in West Yorkshire, England.
Keighley is on the Airedale Line operated by Northern Rail. 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.
The Airedale Line runs from platforms 1 and 2 and Keighley and Worth Valley railway operate from platforms 3 and 4.

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Services


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, GNER operate one train daily to London Kings 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


Railways Through Airedale & Wharfedale Martin Bairstow (2004) ISBN 1-871944-28-7

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