Steeton and Silsden railway station

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Steeton and Silsden
Location
Place	Steeton
Local authority	City of Bradford
Operations
Managed by	Northern Rail
Platforms in use	2
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.463 million
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PTE	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Zone	5
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Steeton and Silsden from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Steeton and Silsden railway station serves the villages of Steeton and Silsden in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated closer to Steeton than to Silsden, and is on the Airedale Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Rail. Steeton & Silsden closed in 1965 but reopened in 1990^[1].

Because the station is the first station covered by Metro subsidised ticketing from Skipton, there are problems with car parking at the station. It is hoped that an extension to the Metro area, to include Skipton, will alleviate this.^[2]. The station also lacks full access for disabled users, leading some to catch trains in the opposite direction to change platforms^[3].

[edit] Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service from Skipton to Leeds and Bradford Forster Square respectively. Evenings there is a half-hourly service to Leeds and hourly to Bradford. Sundays, the service is hourly to Leeds and two-hourly to Bradford.

These services are normally provided by Class 333 EMUs.

In addition on Mondays to Saturdays one of each of the through services towards Morcambe and Carlisle stop in the evening. These are served by a variety of Diesel Multiple Units.

[edit] References

1. ^ Bairstow, Martin (2004). Railways Through Airedale & Wharfedale. ISBN 1-871944-28-7. 
2. ^ Cheap rail fare plan for Skipton. Craven Herald and Pioneer (2007-07-06). Retrieved on 2008-02-04.
3. ^ A bridge that’s too far for disabled travellers. Keighley News (2008-01-24). Retrieved on 2008-02-04.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Steeton and Silsden railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Keighley		Northern Rail Airedale Line		Cononley

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