Bramley railway station (West Yorkshire)

Bramley railway station serves the suburb of Bramley, Leeds, England. It lies on the Calder Valley line 4 miles (6 km) west from Leeds.

Bramley (West Yorkshire)
Class 195 DMU no. 195014 on Leeds-Manchester Victoria service passing through Bramley station in March 2020
General information
Location	Bramley, City of Leeds England
Coordinates	53.80558°N 1.63792°W / 53.80558; -1.63792
Grid reference	SE239344
Managed by	Northern
Transit authority	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BLE
Fare zone	2
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Original company	Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 August 1854	Station opened
4 July 1966	Station closed
12 September 1983	Station reopened
Passengers
2019/20	0.352 million
2020/21	71,306
2021/22	0.196 million
2022/23	0.258 million
2023/24	0.297 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The original station in April 1961

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 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, and cost £125,000 (equivalent to £533,000 in 2023).^[2]

Facilities

Waiting shelter on platform 1 in March 2020

The station is not staffed and has a ticket machine on platform 2 as of spring 2019. 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.^[3]

Services

Northern Trains Route 9
v t e
Calder Valley Line and East Lancashire Line
York Ulleskelf Church Fenton Micklefield East Garforth Garforth Cross Gates Leeds Bramley New Pudsey Bradford Interchange Low Moor Halifax Sowerby Bridge Mytholmroyd Hebden Bridge Manchester Victoria Moston Mills Hill Castleton Rochdale Smithy Bridge Littleborough Walsden Todmorden Colne Nelson Brierfield Burnley Central Burnley Barracks Burnley Manchester Road Rose Grove Hapton Huncoat Accrington Church and Oswaldtwistle Rishton Blackburn Mill Hill Cherry Tree Pleasington Bamber Bridge Lostock Hall Preston Salwick Kirkham and Wesham Poulton-le-Fylde Blackpool North Moss Side Lytham Ansdell and Fairhaven St Annes-on-the-Sea Squires Gate Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool South
Burnley Barracks, Hapton and Pleasington are request stops.

Monday to Saturday daytimes, three trains per hour head eastbound towards Leeds, with one continuing to Selby and Hull. Westbound the frequency is similar, with trains heading to Bradford Interchange and Halifax. Two of three go beyond Halifax to Manchester Victoria, whilst the third terminates there (passengers for Brighouse and Huddersfield now need to change trains at Bradford Interchange on weekdays). One Manchester service now runs through to Chester via Warrington Bank Quay since the May 2019 timetable update.^[4]

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 Huddersfield.^[5]

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

References

1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 42. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
2. Fisher, Alex, ed. (February 2023). "Re-opened passenger stations". Railways of Britain charting 50 years of British Railway history. Vol. 42. Yalding: Kelsey. p. 39. ISSN 2052-3173.
3. Bramley station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 30 November 2016
4. Table 37 National Rail timetable, May 2023
5. "Campaigners welcome extra train boost". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

• Martin Bairstow (1999). The Great Northern Railway in the West Riding. ISBN 1-871944-19-8.

External links

• Train times and station information for Bramley railway station (West Yorkshire) from National Rail

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