Saltaire railway station
Saltaire 
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Looking down the entrance ramp
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| Location | |
| Place | Saltaire |
| Local authority | City of Bradford |
| Coordinates | 53°50′19″N 1°47′25″W / 53.8385°N 1.7904°WCoordinates: 53°50′19″N 1°47′25″W / 53.8385°N 1.7904°W |
| Grid reference | SE138380 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SAE |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.686 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.788 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.808 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.860 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.880 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 3 |
| History | |
| Original company | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| May 1856 | opened |
| 20 March 1965 | closed |
| 9 April 1984 | reopened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Saltaire from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Saltaire railway station serves the village of Saltaire near Shipley in West Yorkshire, England. It is situated 3 1⁄2 miles (6 km) north of Bradford Forster Square.
The original station was opened in May 1856 by the Midland Railway, which had absorbed the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway between Shipley and Colne in 1851. It closed on 20 March 1965 following the Beeching Axe, but West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive and British Rail reopened it on 9 April 1984. The current station has wooden platforms and waiting shelters (though these are stone-built rather than the metal and plexiglass designs used elsewhere). Its predecessor was of more substantial stone construction, with buildings on each platform; these were demolished in 1970, five years after the station closed.
The station is on the Airedale line, between Bradford and Leeds, and Skipton. It is a busy commuter station both for passengers travelling to Leeds and Bradford and for staff in companies based in Salt's Mill, as well as serving tourists visiting the UNESCO World Heritage site at Saltaire.
The lower station of the Shipley Glen Tramway is about half a mile from Saltaire Station. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal, River Aire and Roberts Park, Saltaire are also close by.
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