DMU Operations: North Eastern Region
Bradford / Leeds - Keighley
Keighley was served by terminating services from both Bradford and Leeds, as well as many through services such as Leeds- Skipton/Carlisle/Morecambe.
Images
4th July 1959
A Blue Square Derby Lightweight DMU near Bingley on 4 July 1959. Keighley is on the destination blind, this is likely a service from Bradford. Stuart Mackay Collection.
19th April 1976
Class 104 DMBS E50598 and Class 101 DTC E56074 arrive into Shipley station with the 12:36pm Keighley - Leeds service on 19th April 1976. Michael Mensing.
19th April 1976
Class 101/104 hybrid set 56074 / 50598 waiting to depart from Shipley with the 12:36pm Keighley - Leeds service on April 19th 1976. Michael Mensing.
19th April 1976
Class 104 DMBS 50598 with Class 101 DTC 56074 departs from Shipley with the 12:36pm Keighley - Leeds service on April 19th 1976. Michael Mensing.
19th April 1976
Having departed from Shipley station with the 12:36pm Keighley - Leeds service on April 19th 1976 Class 101/104 hybrid set 56074 / 50598 has reversed and are heading around the other section of the triangle. Michael Mensing.
September 1976
A Met-Camm DMU working a Keighley service is seen 1/4 mile west of Shipley station in mid-September 1976. Michael Mensing.
April 1977
A two-car refurbished Class 101 DMU at Keighley in April 1977. Michael Mensing.
4th July 1978
A Leeds to Keighley class 108 DMU snapped at Shipley on 4 July 1978. Kevin Lane.
1979
A Cravens DMU in Bradford Forster Square station in 1979. It has Keighley on its destination blind. John Law.
1979
A two-car unit in Refurbished livery with West Yorkshire PTE logos departs Keighley on way to Leeds in 1979 Graeme Phillips Collection.
14th June 1980
The Class 111 DMU formed of E50135 + E56092 has reversed prepatory to forming the 16.00 to Bradford (Forster Square) at Keighley on 14 June 1980. The orange cantrail level stripe across the cab front was unusual in this livery. Tom Burnham.
circa 1980
A Met-Camm Class 101 DMU, E56075 closest, in Shipley station with a Keighley service circa 1980. Image was from the Steve Davies Collection. Stuart Mackay Collection.
14th April 1984
A 2-Car Met-Camm DMU set is seen in the vast 1890 built former Midland Railway terminus at Bradford Forster Square. The humble DMU attracting little custom for service 2L57 the 12.30 to Keighley. This big station with its long wide canopied platform was totally rebuilt in 1990 as part of the Aire Valley electrification scheme and in the process lost platform faces and track length in the process as the terminus was shifted north reducing the lines original length. The original Midland terminus mileage being 208m 58ch but now it's 208m 50ch. Adrian Nicholls.
Unknown date
A 2-car set is seen at Keighley. Undated. Andrew McConnell.
1985
The approach to Bradford Forster Square station as seen from the front window of a dmu (almost certainly a Class 108) from Keighley in 1985. Not much was happening & by this time most of the station was derelict, the few remaining trains concentrated on the 2 westernmost platforms. The goods yard and sidings to the left were disused & about to be lifted. Pete LG99.
circa August 1985
E53296 at the front of a Met-Camm formation at Keighley with a Leeds service circa August 1985. Ian Docwra.
August 1985
A Met-Camm DMU at Keighley on a rainy day in August 1985. Ian Docwra.
August 1985
The Bradford-bound train on the left is formed from a 'Calder Valley' class 110 unit, while the Met-Camm on the right is on a terminating service. Taken at Keighley during August 1985. Ian Docwra.
16th August 1985
A two-car class 108 headed by DMBS 53621 waits time at Bradford Forster Square before heading off for Keighley, 16/8/85. Robert Chilton.
19th November 1988
Rolls-Royce single-engined cars E78717 E78967 are seen at Keighley with a service heading to Leeds, 19/11/1988. Graeme Phillips Collection.