Bramley (West Yorkshire) railway station

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Bramley
The view form platform 2
Location
Place	Bramley
Local authority	City of Leeds
Operations
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.137 million
2005/06 *	0.154 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	2
History
Key dates	Opened 1854 Closed 1966 Reopened 1983
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bramley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Bramley railway station serves the suburb of Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It lies on the Caldervale Line 6 km (4 miles) west from Leeds.

The present station opened on 12 September 1983 by Metro (West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive). It replaced a station on the same site, opened on 1 August 1854 and closed on 2 July 1966. The station's platforms are staggered.

[edit] Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes three trains per hour head towards Leeds, in one direction and Bradford Interchange/Halifax in the other. Two of three go beyond Halifax to Manchester Victoria and one towards Wakefield Westgate via Brighouse. Evenings two trains an hour head to Leeds and two in the other direction, one through to Manchester Victoria and one to Huddersfield via Brighouse.

Sundays the service alternates between one or two trains per hour heading towards Leeds and Bradford Interchange/Halifax.

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
New Pudsey		Northern Rail Caldervale Line		Leeds

Railway stations in West Yorkshire
MetroTrain lines: ▐ Airedale • ▐ Caldervale • ║ Dearne Valley • ▐ Hallam Line • ▐ Harrogate • ▐ Huddersfield • ▐ Leeds-Bradford • ▐ Penistone • ▐ Pontefract • ▐ Wakefield • ▐ Wharfedale • ▐ York & Selby
Major stations:   Bradford Forster Square - Bradford Interchange - Halifax - Huddersfield - Leeds - Shipley - Wakefield Westgate
Other stations:  Baildon - Batley - Ben Rhydding - Berry Brow - Bingley - Bramley - Brockholes - Brighouse - Burley Park - Burley-in-Wharfedale - Castleford - Cottingley - Crossflatts - Cross Gates - Darton* - Deighton - Denby Dale - Dewsbury - East Garforth - Featherstone - Fitzwilliam - Frizinghall - Garforth - Glasshoughton - Guiseley - Headingley - Hebden Bridge - Honley - Horsforth - Ilkley - Keighley - Knottingley - Lockwood - Marsden - Menston - Micklefield - Mirfield - Moorthorpe - Morley - Mytholmroyd - New Pudsey - Normanton - Outwood - Pontefract Baghill - Pontefract Monkhill - Pontefract Tanshelf - Ravensthorpe - Saltaire - Sandal and Agbrigg - Shepley - Slaithwaite - South Elmsall - Sowerby Bridge - Steeton and Silsden - Stocksmoor - Streethouse - Todmorden - Wakefield Kirkgate - Walsden - Woodlesford
* Darton station is in South Yorkshire, however West Yorkshire Metro passes are valid to/from this station.
Transport in West Yorkshire - Metro