Frizinghall railway station

Frizinghall
National Rail
Platform 2
General information
LocationFrizinghall, City of Bradford
England
Coordinates53°49′12″N 1°46′07″W / 53.8200°N 1.7686°W / 53.8200; -1.7686
Grid referenceSE153359
Managed byNorthern Trains
Transit authorityWest Yorkshire (Metro)
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeFZH
Fare zone3
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Original companyMidland Railway
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 February 1875 (1875-02-01)Station opened
22 March 1965Closed
7 September 1987Reopened
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 0.428 million
2020/21Decrease 0.198 million
2021/22Increase 0.341 million
2022/23Increase 0.373 million
2023/24Increase 0.403 million
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Frizinghall railway station is situated in the Frizinghall district of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is an unstaffed halt on the Airedale Line, 2 miles (3 km) north of Bradford Forster Square. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern Trains.

History

Frizinghall station was opened by the Midland Railway on 1 February 1875.[1] It remained in operation until it was closed on 22 March 1965, a casualty of the Beeching Axe. However, the line on which it stood remained open, and 22 years later, the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive and British Rail reopened the station.

The original station had two platforms opposite each other on the north side of Frizinghall Road, but the current station, opened on 7 September 1987, has its two platforms separated: the northbound platform is approximately where it was before, and the southbound is to the south of Frizinghall Road.

Bradford Grammar School was relocated to Frizinghall in the late 1940s. From then until closure, and again after reopening, pupils have constituted one of the main sources of traffic at the station. Indeed, it was an English teacher at Bradford Grammar School, Dr Robin Sisson, who actively fought for the Frizinghall station to reopen. Sisson was killed in a car accident in Sheffield on 24 June 2008.[2]

Frizinghall signal box, which was removed in 1971, is preserved in working order at Damems Junction, on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.[3]

Stationmasters

  • Joseph Mawby 1876[4] - 1891[5]
  • J.W. Smales 1891[5] - 1926[6]
  • Robert Little 1926 - 1933[7] (also station master at Manningham, afterwards station master at Tutbury)
  • Thomas Hagley 1933 - 1939[8] (formerly station master at Menston, also station master at Manningham)
  • John Fell 1939 - 1945
  • F.W. Garnett 1945[9] - (also station master at Manningham)

Facilities

The station is not staffed, but ticket machines are provided. There are shelters on both platforms, along with digital information screens; a long-line P.A system also provides train running information. Step-free access to each platform is via ramps from the road bridge.[10]

Services

Frizinghall is served by trains from Bradford Forster Square towards Leeds (on the Leeds-Bradford Line), Skipton (on the Airedale Line) and Ilkley (on the Wharfedale Line). Monday to Saturday daytimes, trains operate every 30 minutes each way to Leeds and hourly to Skipton and Ilkley.

During the evenings, there are trains every hour to/from each of Skipton and Ilkley plus an hourly service between Forster Square and Shipley. At these times there are no trains to Leeds, though connections are available at Shipley into/out of the Skipton - Leeds service.[11]

On Sundays, trains run twice each hour to Bradford, every hour to Leeds (until end of service) and hourly to each of Ilkley and Skipton.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Bradford Forster Square   Northern Trains
Leeds-Bradford Line 		  Shipley
  Northern Trains
Airedale Line 		 
  Northern Trains
Wharfedale Line 		 
  Historical railways  
Manningham
Line open, station closed 		  Midland Railway
Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway 		  Shipley
Line and station open
  Midland Railway
Leeds and Bradford Railway 		 

References

  1. ^ "On this day". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 1 February 2003. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  2. ^ Tributes to rail expert Robin, 50
  3. ^ Bairstow, Martin (2004). Railways through Airedale & Wharfedale. Farsley: Martin Bairstow. p. i. ISBN 1-871944-28-7.
  4. ^ "1871-1879 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 665. 1871. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b "1881-1898 Coaching". Midland Railway Operating, Traffic and Coaching Depts: 99. 1881. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Presentation to Mr. J.W. Smales. 34 years stationmaster at Frizinghall". Shipley Times and Express. England. 30 April 1926. Retrieved 2 May 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "New Tutbury Stationmaster". Burton Observer and Chronicle. England. 14 December 1933. Retrieved 2 May 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Fritzinghall Stationmaster to Retire". Bradford Observer. England. 5 April 1939. Retrieved 2 May 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Fritzinghall's New Stationmaster". Bradford Observer. England. 27 December 1945. Retrieved 2 May 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ Frizinghall station facilities National Rail Enquiries; Retrieved 5 December 2016
  11. ^ Table 36, 37 & 38 National Rail timetable, May 2022
  • Whitaker, Alan & Myland, Brian, 1993 Railway Memories No 4: Bradford. Bellcode Books ISBN 1-871233-03-8
  • Bairstow, Martin, 2004 Railways Through Airedale & Wharfedale ISBN 1-871944-28-7
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