Place Steeton Station code SON DfT category F1 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SE037448 Managed by Northern 2011/12 0.751 million | |
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Address Keighley BD20 6RY, United Kingdom Original company Leeds and Bradford Railway Pte West Yorkshire Metro (Metro) Similar Airedale General Hospital, Bingley railway station, Crossflatts railway station, Keighley railway station, Brontë Parsonage Museum | ||
Steeton and silsden railway station top 7 facts
Steeton and Silsden railway station serves the village of Steeton and the town of 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. Steeton & Silsden closed on 20 March 1965 (a victim of the Beeching Axe) but reopened in 1990. The current (staggered) station platforms built by British Rail are located on the site of the old A6068 level crossing, which was replaced by the current road bridge in 1988 as part of the Aire Valley Trunk Road project. Until closure both platforms were situated to the north of the former crossing, although the original station building (which survives as a private residence) was located on the Keighley side (south of the current northbound platform).
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Because the station is the first station within the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive subsidised ticketing region on the line into Leeds and Bradford from Skipton, there are perceived to be problems with car parking at the station. It is hoped that an extension to the Metro area, to include Skipton, will alleviate this; this took effect from 17 May 2009. Until recently, the station lacked full access for disabled users, leading some to catch trains in the opposite direction to change platforms. Access is now possible, albeit via a fairly steep ramp to the Leeds & Bradford-bound platform. Though unstaffed, there are ticket machines available at the station for passengers to use. Train running details are provided by digital information screens and a long-line P.A system.
Services
During Monday to Saturday daytime, there is a half-hourly service to both Leeds and Bradford Forster Square in one direction and four trains an hour towards Skipton. Evenings there is a half-hourly service to Leeds, an hourly service to Bradford Forster Square and three trains per hour to Skipton.
On Sundays there is an hourly service to Leeds and a two-hourly service to Bradford Forster Square, with one or two trains per hour to Skipton.
These services are mostly operated by Northern Class 333 electric multiple units, although Class 321 and Class 322 sets are used on some weekday workings.
Most regional services to destinations beyond Skipton (i.e. Morecambe and Carlisle) do not stop here (connections are available at Skipton), but a limited number do so either in a morning or during the p.m peak. Two services to and one service from Carlisle call on weekdays, along with one from Ribblehead in the late evening, whilst there is one call each way on a Saturday (though the southbound train starts at Ribblehead) and one northbound only on Sundays. Services to Lancaster & Morecambe only call at weekends (one on Saturday and one Sunday, both northbound only).
These are provided by a variety of Diesel Multiple Units (of classes Class 142, Class 144, Class 150, Class 153 and Class 158).