Bradford Forster Square railway station

Bradford Forster Square
View of the station entrance
General information
Location	Bradford, City of Bradford England
Coordinates	53°47′49″N 1°45′10″W / 53.7970°N 1.7529°W / 53.7970; -1.7529
Grid reference	SE163334
Managed by	Northern Trains
Transit authority	West Yorkshire (Metro; 19??-2014)
Platforms	3 (4 projected)
Other information
Station code	BDQ
Fare zone	3
Classification	DfT category C2
History
Original company	Leeds and Bradford Railway
Key dates
1846	Opened
1853	Rebuilt
1890	Rebuilt
1990	Rebuilt on new site
Passengers
2018/19	1.995 million
Interchange	44,327
2019/20	1.947 million
Interchange	48,221
2020/21	0.615 million
Interchange	10,382
2021/22	1.301 million
Interchange	27,144
2022/23	1.438 million
Interchange	27,880
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Bradford Forster Square railway station serves Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The majority of services to and from the station use Class 333 electric multiple units operated by Northern Trains; they run on the Airedale line to Skipton, the Wharfedale line to Ilkley and the Leeds-Bradford line to Leeds.

The other main railway station in the city is Bradford Interchange, which is about 10 minutes on foot from Forster Square; from here, services operate along the Calder Valley line to Leeds, Halifax, Huddersfield, Manchester Victoria, Blackpool North and London King's Cross.

The Bradford Crossrail proposal to link the two stations is currently viewed as unlikely to proceed.