Keighley bus station
Location |
Bow Street, Keighley City of Bradford |
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Coordinates | 53°52′02″N 1°54′29″W / 53.8673°N 1.9081°WCoordinates: 53°52′02″N 1°54′29″W / 53.8673°N 1.9081°W |
Operated by | Metro |
Bus stands | 17 |
Bus operators |
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Connections | Keighley railway station (440 yards [400 m]) |
History | |
Opened | 2002 |
Keighley bus station serves the town of Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. The bus station is owned and managed by the Metro (WYPTE).
The bus station is situated in Keighley Town Centre next to the Airedale Centre and can be accessed from Bow Street and Towngate. The bus station was re-built in 2002 by Metro.
There are 17 stands at the bus station and the main operators are Keighley & District and Burnley & Pendle with other services run by First West Yorkshire, Jackson's of Silsden and Tyrer Bus.
Services
Buses run from the bus station around the town of Keighley. They also run as far a field as Accrington, Burnley, Colne, Nelson, Skipton, Ilkley, Leeds, Bradford, Halifax and Hebden Bridge.
Previous bus station
Keighley's previous bus station was constructed in the 1930s and the bus shelters were added in the 1970s. It was closed in 2001 to make way for the current bus station which opened in 2002. It was served originally by West Yorkshire Automobile before 1987 and deregulation. After deregulation, it was served by Keighley and District and First Calderline. Between 2001 and 2002 buses waited in the surrounding streets whilst the current bus station was being constructed. In 1995 many unnecessary services were removed; these include through services from Bradford to Haworth.
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