Bradford Forster Square

CRS Code	BDQ
Collected date	16/05/10

Bradford Forster Square is one of two stations in Bradford, the other being Bradford Interchange. Both are new constructions replacing earlier stations. In the case of Forster Square, the street-level sign points down a long approach:

Looking up the ramp towards the street-level entrance onto Cheapside, under the Midland Hotel:

At the bottom of the ramp is this sculpture, perhaps symbolic of the historical curiosity that the lines into Bradford approach from the north and from the south, but do not meet in the middle:

A little way north, up the hill of Cheapside, is a more modern entrance:

There's a lift down to ground (and platform) level, but also the stairs:

Down the stairwell to ground level and under this canopy:

To the left/west of that canopy the old screen wall continues, along with some old-style paving:

Platform 3:

Platform 2:

The buffers between platforms 3 and 2:

Looking along the line from behind the buffers:

Platform 1b:

The ground level road access to the station is from St Blaise Way just to the east of the line:

The road which crosses the line to the north of the station provides these views of it:

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