Baildon railway station
Baildon 
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The view from the platform
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| Location | |
| Place | Baildon |
| Local authority | City of Bradford |
| Coordinates | 53°51′00″N 1°45′14″W / 53.850°N 1.754°WCoordinates: 53°51′00″N 1°45′14″W / 53.850°N 1.754°W |
| Grid reference | SE162393 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BLD |
| Managed by | Northern |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| 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 |
 0.220 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.208 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.216 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.251 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.277 million |
| Passenger Transport Executive | |
| PTE | West Yorkshire Metro |
| Zone | 3 |
| History | |
| 4 December 1876 | Station opens |
| 5 January 1953 | Station closed |
| 28 January 1957 | Station reopened |
| 29 April 1957 | Station closed |
| 5 January 1973 | Station 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 Baildon from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Baildon railway station serves the town of Baildon near Shipley in West Yorkshire, England. The station reopened under British Rail on 5 January 1973, by the Chairman of Baildon Council - Arnold Lightowler, having been closed for exactly 20 years, and is 4 miles (6 km) north of Bradford Forster Square on the Wharfedale Line. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Northern.
Opened by the Midland Railway in December 1876, the station became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Transport Commission as an economy measure in January 1953 (though it briefly reopened for 3 months in 1957). Goods traffic at the station ceased in April 1964.
During Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service to Bradford Forster Square and Ilkley. During Monday to Saturday evenings it is hourly in each direction, and on Sundays it is two-hourly.
Unlike other stations on the Wharfedale and Airedale lines, Baildon has no direct service to Leeds owing to its position on the curve between the two lines. Passengers must instead change at Shipley or Guiseley (Shipley having more services) to access Leeds.
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