Bradford Forster Square railway station
View of the station entrance | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Bradford, City of Bradford England | ||||
| Coordinates | 53°47′49″N 1°45′10″W / 53.7970°N 1.7529°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SE163334 | ||||
| Managed by | Northern Trains | ||||
| Transit authority | West Yorkshire (Metro; 19??-2014) | ||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BDQ | ||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||
| Classification | DfT category C2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Leeds and Bradford Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1846 | Opened | ||||
| 1853 | Rebuilt | ||||
| 1890 | Rebuilt | ||||
| 1993 | Rebuilt on new site | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 1.947 million | ||||
| Interchange | 48,221 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.615 million | ||||
| Interchange | 10,382 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 1.301 million | ||||
| Interchange | 27,144 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 1.438 million | ||||
| Interchange | 27,880 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 1.426 million | ||||
| Interchange | 34,252 | ||||
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Bradford Forster Square railway station serves Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The majority of services to and from the station use Class 333 and Class 331 electric multiple units operated by Northern Trains; they run on the Airedale line to Skipton, the Wharfedale line to Ilkley and the Leeds-Bradford line to Leeds.
The other main railway station in the city is Bradford Interchange, which is about 10 minutes on foot from Forster Square; from here, services operate along the Calder Valley line to Leeds, Halifax, Huddersfield, Manchester Victoria, Blackpool North and London King's Cross.