Shipley railway station
Shipley 
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Platform 5
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| Location | |
| Place | Shipley |
| Local authority | City of Bradford |
| Coordinates | 53°49′59″N 1°46′24″W / 53.8331°N 1.7734°WCoordinates: 53°49′59″N 1°46′24″W / 53.8331°N 1.7734°W |
| Grid reference | SE150374 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SHY |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 5 |
| DfT category | D |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.532 million |
| 2012/13 |
1.667 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.732 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.776 million |
| 2015/16 |
 1.739 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire (Metro) |
| Zone | 3 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened July 1846 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Shipley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Shipley railway station serves the historic market town of Shipley in West Yorkshire, England. It is 2 3⁄4 miles (4.4 km) north of Bradford Forster Square and 10 3⁄4 miles (17.3 km) northwest of Leeds.
Train services are mostly commuter services between Leeds and Bradford, the Airedale line (Leeds and Bradford to Skipton, via Keighley), and the Wharfedale Line (Leeds and Bradford to Ilkley). There are also a few main-line Virgin Trains East Coast services between Bradford or Skipton and London, and it also lies on the line from Leeds to Glasgow via the Settle-Carlisle Railway.
When the Leeds and Bradford Railway built the first railway link into Bradford in 1846, they did not take the shortest route, but a flatter and slightly longer one up Airedale to Shipley then south along Bradforddale to Bradford. They built stations at several places along the route, including Shipley, which opened in July 1846.
In 1847, the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway was built from Shipley to Keighley and Skipton, creating the triangle of lines which surrounds today's station. The north curve was opened in 1848 and was on a much tighter alignment than the present 1883 curve. The original curve would pass through the car park.
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