THE inauguration of the Great Northern Railway line from Keighley to Halifax in 1884 led to the relocation of the station on its present site.
The move obviated the need for a troublesome former level-crossing in Bradford Road.
Here we see its frontage across an expanse of setts and tramlines.
The photograph couldn’t have been taken later than 1924, when Keighley’s trams were discontinued. The row of properties, dimly visible beyond the Station Shop, was demolished in 1992.
A timetable for 1915 reveals 120 departures from Keighley every weekday, and 42 on Sundays.
A group photograph from the early 1900s shows 20 station staff, including a policeman and a boy but not counting the cat!
Prior to 1934, the station had two sets of staff and two booking offices – for Midland and Great Northern services respectively – until the Midland assumed overall responsibility.
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