Keighley railway station

Keighley station was first opened by the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway (LBER), on a site slightly further up the line in March 1847. A new station was built south of this bridge in 1883–1885, designed by Charles Trubshaw who was a Midland Railway architect. It is also the northern terminus of the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway (K&WVR). This is a heritage branch line railway run by volunteers that was originally built by the Midland Railway and opened in 1867. Closed to British Railways' passenger traffic in 1962, it was reopened by the K&WVR Preservation Society six years later and is now a popular tourist attraction. Trains on the Great Northern Railway's Queensbury lines to and also served Keighley from 1882 until closure in May 1955. From 1892 to 1909, the Midland Railway operated a second station on the Airedale line a short distance from Keighley station at . There is now no visible trace of this station. In 1986, the station was given a Grade II listing by Historic England as a building of special architectural or historic interest. The listing mentions the main entrance building to be of coursed, dressed millstone grit. The two westernmost platforms have period furnishings, including cast-iron lamp posts; on platform 4, a good cast-iron and glass canopy with decorative columns; and on platform 3, an eight-columned arcade, the remains of a canopy and a late 19th century engine water-filling pump. ==Facilities==

The National Rail side of the station is fully staffed, with the ticket office open seven days a week (except evenings). Train running information is provided via a public address system, posters and digital information screens. A waiting room is available on platform 1 and shelters on platform 2. Step-free access to both platforms from the main entrance is via ramps from the road above, whilst platform 1 also has level access from Dalton Lane. The K&WVR has its own ticket office, with access ramps from the shared main entrance to platforms 3 and 4. It also has a refreshment stand and bookstall on platform 4, which is open when the railway is operating. ==Services==

National Rail Keighley is served by two train operating companies, which provide the following services in trains per hour/day (tph/tpd): Northern Trains: • 3 tph to • 2 tph to Leeds, on the Airedale Line • 1 tph to • 1 tp2h to on the Bentham Line; most services extend to • 1 tp2h to , on the Settle and Carlisle Line • 1 tph to Leeds, on the Bentham Line. London North Eastern Railway: • 1 tpd to , via Leeds, except on Sunday • 1 tpd to Skipton (for alighting passengers only). Heritage Services operate throughout the year, with running days allocated to a particular coloured timetable; these include purple in summer, with green and blue in winter. The K&WVR has resisted offers to introduce a true commuter service in conjunction with the local authority. It has a connection to the Airedale Line, via sidings, just north of the Bradford Road bridge for rolling stock transfers and occasional visits by charter trains. ==In popular culture==

The station was used in the filming of the film Yanks (1979) during the ending, where the troops board their train to head to the front. and in the Pink Floyd film, The Wall (1982). It was used in the filming of Peaky Blinders, a BBC television drama about criminals in Birmingham just after the First World War. The station was featured in the Head & Shoulders advertisement ''Don't Break Up With Your Hair'' in 2009. It uses a K&WVR platform, notable for the period features that it has retained over the years. In the first episode of All Creatures Great and Small (2020), the main character, James Herriot, says goodbye to his parents and boards a train in Glasgow; these scenes were actually filmed at Keighley station. A KWVR train also appears in that episode. ==See also==