Bradford Interchange
| Bradford Interchange | |
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 Parking space and entrance
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| Data | |
| Platform tracks | 4 + 29 bus platforms |
| opening | 1850 Bradford Exchange 1973 moved to the south in 1983 in Bradford Interchange renamed |
| location | |
| City / municipality | City of Bradford |
| Place / district | Bradford |
| Metropolitan Borough | City of Bradford |
| Part of the country | England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 47 '28 " N , 1 ° 45' 0" W |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in the United Kingdom | |
Bradford Interchange is a transportation hub in Bradford , West Yorkshire , England . It consists of a train station and a bus station for local and long-distance traffic. The design from 1962 was considered a showpiece of European architecture. The complex was opened in 1971. It is served by most bus routes serving Bradford city center, as well as National Express coaches , while the station ( one of the two city center train stations along with Bradford Forster Square ) is mainly served by Northern Rail and is also the terminus serves for trains from Grand Central to and from London King's Cross .
Investments
The main entrance with taxi stand and parking lot is on the lower level, while the platforms and bus stops are separated from each other and share the upper level with separate entrances. In the main hall in the basement there are a few shops, a newspaper kiosk and a café with sandwich sales . There is a snack bar on the platform level that also sells hot drinks. The toilets are accessible from the main hall.
Bradford Interchange has a British Transport Police post and lost property office, as well as a separate security and lost property office in the concourse of the bus station. Smoking is prohibited in all parts of Bradford Interchange. CCTV , security guards and police patrols are used to monitor security.
The station is a terminus . This is due to the local geography. It has four platforms and a short loading ramp that used to be used for express freight traffic. At platform 1 there is a possibility of relocating locomotives, which is currently (since 2005) mainly used in freight traffic. Track and signaling systems were rebuilt during a one-week full closure from October 25 to November 3, 2008 in order to allow higher speeds on the two lines leading into the station and to enable the simultaneous entry of trains from Leeds and Halifax traveling with the old track layout was not possible.
Bradford Interchange has separate ticket offices for trains and buses. The railway ticket office is located near the platform entrance. Bus tickets are sold in the main hall, where information on National Express long-distance buses is available at a separate counter.
history
The original Bradford Exchange station was opened on May 9, 1850 jointly by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the Great Northern Railway . In 1867 built the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway , which until then used Bradford Adolphus Street station , a connection to Bradford Exchange to use this station together with the other two companies; Adolphus Street Station was closed to passenger traffic.
In 1880 the station was rebuilt on the spot and received ten platforms and a two-nave arched roof with cast-iron girders, which rested on the outside on unadorned stone walls, in the middle on Corinthian columns . The central part of each arch was covered with glass, the inner quarters with wood, and the outer with slate. The gable ends were covered with glass in a fan shape and received decorative wooden surrounds. The platform hall was 450 feet (137 m) long, each arch was 100 feet (30.5 m) wide, and 80 feet (24.3 m) high from the platform to the highest point. There was no formal building front, the entrance for the travelers was on the northwest side.
In the station's heyday in the 1920s, it served, in addition to the lines currently in operation, connections to Wakefield Westgate via Ardsley (used by most through trains between Bradford and London King's Cross ), Wakefield Kirkgate via Batley and Ossett , Keighley and Halifax via Queensbury , Mirfield via Cleckheaton (Spen Valley line) and to Leeds via the Pudsey Loop . At the end of 1966 these routes were closed - most of them had fallen victim to the Beeching ax .
In 1973 the station with ten platforms was found to be too big and again rebuilt, this time it was moved to a new location a little south of the old one. The old Exchange station was then demolished and its site was used as a parking lot for a while. Now (2015) there is Bradford Crown Court , the area is supposed to be called Justice Quarter ("Justice Quarter") with a new Magistrates' and Coroner's Court Railway permitted, renamed Bradford Interchange .
In the 1970s and 1980s, the station was used for long-distance traffic: express connections to London King's Cross , Trans-Pennine connections to Liverpool and Newcastle and connections to south-west England on Saturdays in the summer. Intercity connections migrated to Bradford Forster Square in 1992 when the route there was electrified. Directly to the train station then a Express Express terminal of Red Star, but which (as in most other stations) to who was the privatization of British Rail was closed in the 1990s.
The ribbed roof of the bus station was demolished in 1999 as part of a renovation. In 2001 the bus station was reopened. The renovations were partly financed by the sale of land (partly south of the facility, partly unneeded land from the old bus station).
Train and bus transport
railroad
Bradford Interchange is on the Calder Valley Line and is one of two train stations in Bradford. The other is Bradford Forster Square , about a ten minute walk away.
Local transport
From Monday to Saturday there are trains to Leeds every 15 minutes during the day, one hour every hour to York . Some trains go to Selby , but the regular through traffic there was discontinued with the timetable change in May 2014. In the evenings and on Sundays, there are three trains an hour to Leeds, one of which goes to York.
In the other direction there is a train to Halifax every 15 minutes from Monday to Saturday , two of which per hour continue to Manchester Victoria (one with stops at all stations to Todmorden and then only in Rochdale , the other only with stops at individual stations), one to Blackpool North via Preston and one to Huddersfield .
On Sundays, three trains run every hour to Halifax, one of which goes through to Manchester Victoria and one to Blackpool North. Every other hour there is a train to Huddersfield via Halifax.
Long-distance transport
Since 2010 there have been regular connections to London King's Cross via Pontefract and Doncaster . In January 2009, Grand Northern's ( trading as Grand Central ) application for timetable routes between Bradford Interchange and London was accepted by the Office of Rail Regulation . Once the approval has been given, four trains run per day; to be features of BR-180 class used, the traffic was taken 23 May 2010
Bus transport
The bus station is managed by West Yorkshire Metro .
Local transport
The main operators of bus routes are First West Yorkshire , Arriva Yorkshire and Yorkshire Tiger , other connections are offered by Geldards Coaches , Transdev in Keighley , Stagecoach Yorkshire and TLC Travel.
Local transport services are available in many directions, including Dewsbury , Halifax , Harrogate , Huddersfield , Ilkley , Keighley , Leeds , Otley and Wakefield , as well as within the City of Bradford , including Shipley . A free shuttle service ( FreeCityBus ) connects Bradford Interchange with Bradford Forster Square Station , Bradford College and the University of Bradford .
Long-distance buses
National Express Coaches operates nationwide connections. Bharat Coaches has connections to Derby , Leicester , Slough and Southall , Megabus to Burnley , Halifax , Huddersfield , Skipton and East Midlands Parkway railway station (with connections to London St Pancras ) as part of the Megabusplus offer.
Current Developments (since 2000)
No significant changes have been made to the station buildings for several years.
The bus station's original ribbed glass roof was dismantled in the 1990s. After land sales in favor of office buildings, the bus station was completely rebuilt in 2001 and the number of bus platforms reduced.
West Yorkshire Metro is currently considering improvements to bus and train platforms to include improved access between facilities and direct passage between bus and train platforms (avoiding the detour via stairs and escalators).
After a modest renovation in autumn 2008 with renewal of the paint and the signage, the display boards were renewed in early 2009. In January 2010 Northern Rail installed new automatic platform locks .
As part of the National Station Improvement Plan , further improvements are proposed, including renovating the platform roofs, replacing the floors, increasing lighting and CCTV , a new waiting room and additional seating.
As part of the Northern Hub plan, the resumption of direct connections to Crewe and Liverpool Lime Street and the introduction of new connections to Manchester Airport and Chester were announced.
Compared to other nodes
By connecting bus and train access under one roof, Bradford Interchange offers flexibility in public transport that is not available in other major cities in the north of England such as Manchester and Liverpool . In Leeds, attempts have been made to provide combined bus and train access with a small transfer terminal Leeds Station Interchange , but most buses from Leeds continue to run from various stops in the city center. The best example of an integrated transport offering is currently Hull Paragon Interchange .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bradford Exchange . Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
- ^ Bradford Adolphus Street . Subterranea Britannica. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
- ↑ Bradford . Retrieved March 11, 2014.
- ^ City plans £ 58m Justice Quarter , BBC News Online. August 1, 2009. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
- ↑ GB National Rail Timetable May - December 2014, Table 41
- ↑ ORR Track Access Applications Decision for ECML Passenger Services - January 28, 2009 . ORR website. Archived from the original on March 24, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
- ^ Grand Central Rail - Future Developments . Retrieved August 21, 2009.
- ↑ RAIL issue 641
- ^ Rail firm to launch another Bradford-London train link . In: Telegraph & Argus , September 27, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
- ↑ Will Killner: 'Voice of the rails' launches £ 3.3 million passenger information system . Telegraph & Argus. April 20, 2009. Accessed May 2009.
- ^ Automatic rail ticket gates at Bradford Interchange . West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. January 26, 2010. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
- ^ Will Kilner: Campaigners say they are delighted at plans to carry out work at Bradford Interchange . In: Telegraph & Argus , March 24, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
- ↑ Northern Hub . Network Rail. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
