The first passenger train to operate from Apperley Bridge railway station will depart at 08:42 to Bradford Forster Square on Sunday 13th December.
The last passenger train departed the station on 20th March 1965.
Join us on the platform for the reopening or tune into Radio Leeds from 8:30 on Sunday morning
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Construction at Apperley Bridge and Kirkstall Forge continue at a great pace…,
Apperley Bridge is due to open in August 2015 and Kirkstall Forge is due in October 2015.
Passengers travelling on the Airedale line between Leeds and Shipley will see construction underway as the platform sides and access routes are nearing completion.
Both stations will be served by the Bradford to Leeds services. Passengers to services along the Airedale line (Saltaire to Skipton and beyond, will need to change at Shipley.
Both stations will be immediately popular when they open later this year.
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Planning permission for Apperley bridge has been approved, however the funding is not yet forthcoming from the Department for Transport, the 25% cut across government departments is holding back all spending until a full review of all planned works is undertaken. – Cllr Greaves in T&A.
We have written to Philip Hammond to express our concern about this and Kirkstall Forge, especially as Kirkstall Forge is partially funded by private money!
We remain worried about Low Moor station and will be campaigning hard with Metro/WYITA to ensure that the station does not fall off the list of priorities.
Cllr Greaves stated:
The Bradford worry, if that’s the right term, is Low Moor station. The funding for that was coming from the Regional Funding Allocation. That has been heavily cut so at the moment we don’t know where we are.“What we have been told is that any spending of capital is at our own risk, so we are sitting on our hands until we know where we are.The Bradford worry, if that’s the right term, is Low Moor station. The funding for that was coming from the Regional Funding Allocation. That has been heavily cut so at the moment we don’t know where we are.“What we have been told is that any spending of capital is at our own risk, so we are sitting on our hands until we know where we are.
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The Yorkshire and Humber rail utilisation strategy was released mid-July 2009. At 148 pages and with a large number of appendices it would be almost impossible to provide a critique on the full document, therefore, this post will concentrate on the issues affecting the Airedale and Caldervale lines, (those that have the most effect on Bradford).
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The Telegraph and Argus is reporting here on plans by WYMetro for reopening Apperley Bridge railway station. Meetings were held on the 15th and 16th May 2009 at Woodhouse Grove School near the site of the former station. The station will be located on the Airedale line, whilst the other planned station Kirkstall Forge will serve both Airedale and the Wharfedale lines.
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Bradford Rail Users Group 