Keighley railway station
Keighley 
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| Location | |
| Place | Keighley |
| Local authority | City of Bradford |
| Coordinates | 53°52′04″N 1°54′04″W / 53.8679°N 1.9011°WCoordinates: 53°52′04″N 1°54′04″W / 53.8679°N 1.9011°W |
| Grid reference | SE066413 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | KEI |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 (National Rail) + 2 (K&WVR) |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.683 million |
| 2012/13 |
 1.628 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.639 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.721 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.703 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 4 |
| History | |
| Original company | Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 16 Mar 1847 | Opened (north of road bridge) |
| 6 May 1883 | Relocated (south of road bridge) |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Keighley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Keighley railway station serves the town of Keighley in West Yorkshire, England.
First opened in March 1847 by the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway (although rebuilt on the present site in 1883), the station is located on the Airedale Line 17 miles (27 km) north west of Leeds. It is managed by Northern, who operate most of the passenger trains serving it. Electric trains operate frequently from Keighley towards Bradford Forster Square, Leeds and Skipton. Longer distance diesel trains on the Leeds to Morecambe Line and Settle to Carlisle Line also call here.
Keighley is also the northern terminus of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. This is a heritage branch-line railway run by volunteers that was originally built by the Midland Railway and opened in 1867. Closed to passenger traffic in 1962, it was reopened by the K&WVR Preservation Society six years later and is now a popular tourist attraction. Trains on the former GNR lines to Bradford and Halifax via Queensbury also served the station from 1882 until closure in May 1955.
The Airedale Line runs from platforms 1 and 2 and Keighley and Worth Valley railway operate from platforms 3 and 4.
The Keighley and Worth Valley service runs daily during the summer and at weekends in other seasons, but has resisted offers to introduce a true commuter service in conjunction with the local authority. It has a connection to the Airedale Line (via sidings) just north of the Bradford Road bridge for rolling stock transfers and occasional visits by charter trains.
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