Menston railway station

Menston railway station is a railway station in Menston, in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. On the Wharfedale Line between Ilkley and Leeds/Bradford Forster Square, it is served by Class 331 and 333 electric trains run by Northern Trains, who also manage the station.

Menston
Platform 1
Location	Menston, City of Bradford England
Coordinates	53.89234°N 1.73555°W
Grid reference	SE174440
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	West Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	MNN
Fare zone	3
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1865
Passengers
2015/16	0.636 million
2016/17	0.667 million
2017/18	0.646 million
2018/19	0.643 million
2019/20	0.659 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

It was opened in August 1865 by the Midland Railway on their line from Apperley Junction to Burley-in-Wharfedale, from where trains could travel to either Ilkley or Otley via the Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway. The route to Otley was closed in 1965, but the Ilkley line (though also listed for closure in the 1963 Beeching Report) avoided a similar fate, being finally reprieved in 1972.[1] Electric services at the station commenced in 1994.

Between 1883 and 1951, High Royds Hospital, which stood to the west of the line, was served by a half mile long private siding from just south of Menston station.

Menston station was redeveloped in 2000 as part of the general improvements to the Wharfedale Line by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. The disused station building was brought back into use and a new ticket office was opened. The station now includes ticket machines where passengers can buys tickets and view services from Menston. Its current opening times are 06:15–18:00 Mon–Sat and 09:15–17:00 Sunday. A bus interchange was developed and the 967 bus service connects with trains at the station, and connects to Otley and Leeds Bradford Airport.

Services

Menston station

During Monday to Saturday daytimes services run to/from Leeds and Bradford twice per hour, and there are four services every hour to Ilkley. During weekday evenings and all day Sundays, services are hourly to/from both Leeds and Bradford Forster Square and twice-hourly to Ilkley.[2]

There is a bus stop in the car park and this is used by The Keighley Bus Company services 62 (Keighley to Leeds Bradford Airport via Ilkley and Otley) and 962 (Ilkley to Otley via Burley In Wharfedale) and by some journeys on First Leeds service 33A (Leeds to Otley via Yeadon and Guiseley).

Notes

1. "Otley & Ilkley Joint Railway (MR/NER)"John Speller's Web Pages; Retrieved 3 June 2016
2. Table 38 National Rail timetable, May 2018

References

• Railways Through Airedale & Wharfedale Martin Bairstow (2004) ISBN 1-871944-28-7

External links

• Train times and station information for Menston railway station from National Rail

Platform 2.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Guiseley		Northern Trains Wharfedale Line		Burley-in-Wharfedale