The Anonymous Widower

Bradford Forster Square Station – 20th May 2025

I took these pictures during my visit to Bradford Forster Square station today.

Note.

1. The platforms are numbers 0-3, with the ten-car LNER train in platform 1.
2. Platforms 0 and 1 can take ten-car LNER Class 800/801 trains.
3. Platform 0 is the recently-built new platform.
4. Poundland is alongside Platform 0.
5. The Coffee seems to have bolted.
6. As Bradford is this year’s City of Culture, someone has decorated the station’s benches.

I have some further thoughts.

Station Additions

The station needs a few additions, like a proper coffee shop, a better shop and toilets.

Platform Lengths

It would appear that Platforms 0 and 1 are able to take a pair of Class 800, 801 or 802 trains, which are just under 260 metres long and each can carry 604 passengers.

It would also be able to handle a single nine-car Class 800, 801 or 802 train, which are just under 234 metres long.

This would mean, that at a future date, the station could handle a 200 metres long High Speed Two Classic-Compatible half-train.

Number Of Services

It appears there were seven services to and from London, with about one every two hours.Going to London three were nine-car trains and four were ten-car trains.

I travelled both ways in the same ten-car train.

May 20, 2025 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Bradford, Bradford Forster Square Station, High Speed Two Classic-Compatible Trains, LNER, new Platform, UK City of Culture 2025