Bradford District Local Infrastructure Baseline Study - working draft ...

The Keighley and Worth Valley service runs daily during the summer and at weekends in
other seasons.
Figure: Annual rail passenger usage of Bradford Stations*
Millions
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0.5
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Bradford
Interchange
Annual rail passenger usage
Bradford
Forster
Square
Shipley Keighley Ilkley
2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end
or originate at Bradford Interchange from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
Rail is expected to continue to be the dominant public transport mode in those corridors
where it exists, notably Airedale. Airedale and Wharfedale services are the busiest in the
West Yorkshire network as are Shipley and the two Bradford stations. However,
overcrowding on some peak services into both Bradford city centre stations is still an issue
and needs to be addressed. Whilst the high standard of the Forster Square service is
recognised, services to the south of the city via Bradford Interchange are of poor quality in
terms of both rolling stock and infrastructure provision and considerable investment is
needed.
The immediate investment priorities for the local network are set out in Metro’s Rail Plan 6.
This identifies two of the four proposed new stations (Apperley Bridge, Horsforth, Kirkstall
and Low Moor) as being in Bradford district with Low Moor the most ready to introduce. This
does not include the Manningham station proposed in the Masterplan. The logic for this
station is strong as part of a recasting of Bradford Forster Square – Leeds services which
will also serve a new station in north Bradford at Apperley Bridge.
1.3 Bus and Coach Services
First Group at present run the majority of the local bus network around Bradford, including
the high-frequency core ‘Overground’ network, and services to Leeds, Halifax and
Huddersfield.
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