Low Moor railway station

Low Moor

Site of former station in 2009
Location
Place Low Moor
Area City of Bradford
Coordinates 53°44′57″N 1°45′02″W / 53.749240°N 1.750517°W / 53.749240; -1.750517Coordinates: 53°44′57″N 1°45′02″W / 53.749240°N 1.750517°W / 53.749240; -1.750517
Grid reference SE164281
Operations
Pre-grouping Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Platforms 5
History
18 July 1848[1] opened
14 June 1965 Closed
May 2017 Projected re-opening
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Low Moor railway station was a station situated between Bradford Interchange and Halifax on the Caldervale Line, located close to Low Moor, an area to the south of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It also served the Spen Valley Line to Cleckheaton.

The Caldervale Line remains open, but Low Moor station was closed in June 1965 (at the same time as the rest of Spen Valley route) and subsequently demolished. The land was later used for the Transperience museum which was open briefly in the 1990s before closing.

Re-opening plans

Metro had long-term plans to re-open the station by 2012.[2] Originally, lack of capacity in the existing Caldervale Line timetable meant that the station was put on hold, but this was addressed with a new timetable introduced in December 2009 and trackwork improvements at Mill Lane Junction outside of Bradford Interchange.[3] However this has now been put back until into 2015 with Metro saying that the additional delay is due to the extra expense incurred from changes in engineering safety requirements for building platforms on a curve.[4]

Delays have been compounded further by the construction of the car park over suspected disused mine workings. Exhaustive surveys initially could not verify their precise locations,[5] but various mine shafts were later confirmed under the station site.[6][7]

It was announced in June 2009 that £5.5 million[8] funding was allocated for the station and that a detailed design plan and business case would be developed. There were completed in May 2010, confirming the station's location on Cleckheaton Road (off New Works Road).

When completed the station will provide:[9]

Following the general election in May 2010 and the Comprehensive Spending Review announcement in autumn 2010 a further assessment of the West Yorkshire Strategic Programme of Schemes confirmed that the new station at Low Moor remained a key priority within the transport aspirations of West Yorkshire.[10]

Public consultation for the scheme was held 18 and 19 November 2011.[11]

WYITA released funding for the station in March 2014 and submitted a planning application to Bradford Council.[12]

The project was expected to be completed by the spring of 2016[13] but problems with disused mine workings first delayed the opening to summer 2016,[6] and then to May 2017.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/station%20closures.htm
  2. ↑ "Low Moor Rail Station" (PDF). West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  3. ↑ Kilner, Will (1 April 2008). "District to get £8m trains boost". Bradford Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Fears station plan bid has hit buffers". Bradford Telegraph & Argus. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Bickerdike, Graeme (22 July 2015). "The train now arriving". Rail Engineer. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  6. 1 2 Wilde, Claire (1 April 2016). "Discovery of aeroplane-sized mine cavity delays opening of Low Moor railway station". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  7. 1 2 "New station runs into further delay". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Kilner, Will (31 July 2010). "Low Moor station plan is spared budget cut". Bradford Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Low Moor rail station". Wymetro.com. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Subject: LTP3 District Implementation Plan" (PDF). West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Plans for Low Moor railway station to go on show". Bradford Telegraph & Argus. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  12. ↑ "Plans submitted for £7.5m Bradford Low Moor station". Bradford Telegraph & Argus. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014./
  13. ↑ "Work begins on Low Moor station". Northern Rail. Northern Rail. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
Preceding station Future services Following station
Halifax   Northern
Caldervale Line
Opening 2017		   Bradford Interchange
  Grand Central
Opening 2017		  
Disused railways
Wyke and Norwood Green   L&Y
Caldervale Line		   Bowling Junction
Cleckheaton Central     Dudley Hill
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