Shipley

CRS Code	SHY
Collected date	16/05/10

Shipley station forms a junction between the line to Bradford Forster Square, that to Keighley, and those to Ilkley and Leeds. The station buildings and car park nestle in the middle of the triangle formed by the lines.

The entrance from Leeds Road, to the north east of the station. The steps lead up to platforms 1 and 2, with the road going under the railway to enter the station car parks:

The entrance to platform 1 from the steps:

Looking west along platform 1:

Looking east along the line from the end of platform 1, with the entrance steps visible on the left:

the building on platform 1 is a new one:

Looking west along the line from the end of platform 1:

A modern footbridge with lifts connects the eastbound platform 1 with platform 2 opposite. The view eastwards from the footbridge:

The ramped entrance from the car park to platform 2, with the lift and stairs to the footbridge on the left:

From the footbridge between platforms 1 and two, a view southwards towards the station buildings in the centre of the triangle. Platform 5 is on the right, and platforms 3 and 4 are in the background on the left:

The view of the station buildings from the paved forecourt:

The wooden roof above the entrance to the booking hall:

Inside the booking hall, having entered from the left, and looking out towards platforms 3 and 4:

Plaques inside the booking hall commemorating the station's refurbishment:

On platform 3, looking at the station building:

Another modern footbridge joins platform 3 to platform 4:

Looking north along platform 3:

Platform 4, seen from platform 3 opposite:

As well as the footbridge, a subway at the southern end of the station links platform 4 to platform 3. The view of the end of the subway, with the entrance to platform 4 on the left:

The subway leads out just south of the station building, giving out on to platform 3 and platform 5, seen here looking west:

The rear of the station buildings on platform 5:

Platform 4 has no canopy, but evidently once did, as can be seen from this bracket:

The archway from the central forecourt to platform 5:

Looking west from the end of platform 5 to where it joins the east-west line of platforms 1 and 2:

Looking south from the western end of platform 5:

Opposite platform 5 is a disused platform, now overgrown:

The subway which joins platforms 3 and 4 also links platform 5 to the western side of the station:

The western entrance to the station complex, on Station Road:

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