🏗 Roof put in place above new £24 million platform at city station 👷‍♀️

[@anthonywarrener1881]

Yes, all the land to the east of Forster Square was railway land. Forster Square was built by the Midland Railway,and there was a very large parcels depot to the east:

[@davebarnett4262]

24m to build a platform and lay some track. Wow. [Job for tomorrow - set up a civil engineering company]

[@adrianbaron4994]

Did all this really cost the staggering sum of £24 million?

[@fromyorkshire9727]

Those 'weathered roofs' are supposed to being replaced in a multi-milion station project which is expected to follow this new platform. The fact that Network has spent money on a canopy which is already to be replaced is a scandalous waste of resources. On a seperate note that platform doesn't even appear wide enough to deploy accessibility ramp.

[@clivebroadhead4381]

Will the upgraded Forster Square Station be extended to Exchange Station in Bradford to allow through services to match East London, i.e., the extended East London Line with the Shoreditch Viaduct? Or will through services be dismissed as too expensive for Yorkshire with the continued "managed decline" of the North?

[@raymondflanagan9355]

I believe there is a significant difference in elevation between the two stations as well as buildings in the way.

[@Jamie92208]

In 1911 The Midland Railway obtained Parliamentary powers to build a line from Dewsbury that would have come out of a tunnel underneath Wakefield Road the run across the town on viaduct to high level platforms alongside Forster Square. Then the line would have dropped down to join the existing line at Manningham. All the land was bought but WW1 put an end to the scheme. The City Council then bought the land and eventually Peter ate was built along it. Then the current Shopping centre.

[@Gordon57]

Forster Square station used to extend a lot further into the city, with more platforms and a goods yard. Why it was downgraded in the first place is annoying!

[@fromyorkshire9727]

More to the point: why is there a plan to extend the station back so it can once again have an entrance off Lower Kirkgate ? Removing the need for Network Rail to fence off the arches.

[@Phil-ws5jp]

Any plans to clean the old canopy roofs?

[@sarahandwills]

It's to be hoped so, as the new structure highlights how dirty the old one is

[@fromyorkshire9727]

The old ones are expected to be replaced with new to a different design as part of a multi million station gateway project.

[@nickbannister775]

A bit of trivia. Back in the late eighties I caught a 225 (then quite new) from King Cross to Bradford Forster Square. Back in the pre woke days I think this service was known as the Flying Carpet Service sadly it broke down at Wakefield, (a sliding door wouldn’t close properly, well it was new).

[@ianbird9143]

I bet all that new building around the station was once railway land, sold off for profit, but hemmed in the station and now limits expansion…

[@sarahandwills]

I imagine you're probably right. Shame the station buffers aren't closer to the Midland Hotel and Cheapside.

[@andrewreynolds4949]

Fairly sure it is, or at least the goods yard