Menston railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in West Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Menston

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Menston station p1.jpg

| caption = Platform 1

| borough = Menston, City of Bradford

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.8923|-1.7356|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|SE174440|25|SE174440}}

| manager = Northern Trains

| platforms = 2

| code = MNN

| zone = 3

| classification = DfT category E

| transit_authority = West Yorkshire (Metro)

| opened = 1873

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 0.659 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.187 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.441 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.581 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.592 million}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

}}

Menston railway station serves Menston in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. On the Wharfedale Line between Ilkley and Leeds/Bradford Forster Square, it is served by Class 331 and 333 electric trains run by Northern Trains, who also manage the station.

The line was opened in August 1865 by the Midland Railway on their line from Apperley Junction to {{rws|Burley-in-Wharfedale}}, from where trains could travel to either Ilkley or {{rws|Otley}} via the Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway, however, Menston station did not open until April 1873.{{cite book |last1=Waller |first1=Peter |title=The railways of Bradford and Leeds: their history and development |date=2023 |publisher=Pen & Sword |location=Barnsley |isbn=978-1-52677-342-5 |page=72}}{{cite book |last1=Joy |first1=David |title=South and West Yorkshire: the industrial West Riding |date=1984 |publisher=David Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn=0-9465-3711-9 |page=246 |edition=2}} The route to Otley was closed in 1965, but the Ilkley line (though also listed for closure in the 1963 Beeching Report) avoided a similar fate, being finally reprieved in 1972.[http://spellerweb.net/rhindex/UKRH/Midland/Otley.html "Otley & Ilkley Joint Railway (MR/NER)"]John Speller's Web Pages; Retrieved 3 June 2016 Electric services at the station commenced in 1994.

Between 1883 and 1951, High Royds Hospital, which stood to the west of the line, was served by a long private siding from just south of Menston station.

Menston station was redeveloped in 2000 as part of the general improvements to the Wharfedale Line by the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. The disused station building was brought back into use and a new ticket office was opened. The station now includes ticket machines where passengers can buys tickets and view services from Menston. Its current opening times are 06:15–18:00 Mon–Sat and 09:15–17:00 Sunday. A bus stop was added in the station forecourt.

It is planned for platform 1 to be extended; this is to allow for six-carriage trains in the future.{{cite magazine |last=Comfort| first=Nick |title=Whafedale platform extensions for 6-car trains |magazine=Today's Railways UK |issue=256 |date=June 2023 |page=18}}