Steeton & Silsden Station Car Park

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West Yorkshire Combined Authority and train operator Northern are building a new car park at Steeton & Silsden Station, extending the existing parking provision.


The scheme will provide:

  • A free, multi-story (3 levels) car park for rail users.
  • An additional 102 car parking spaces at Steeton & Silsden car park, taking the total available spaces to 245 which includes 9 Blue Badge bays.
  • CCTV and low energy lighting.
  • A fully accessible lift.
  • Enhanced drainage infrastructure.
  • Underground ducting to support future electric vehicle charging points, should this be introduced in the future.


The new, multi-story car park is one of 14 projects within Phase 1 of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s £31.5 million Rail Park and Ride Programme, which has been designed to increase station parking and provide people with increased access to train services. In turn, this will help reduce congestion, improve local air quality and enhance people’s access to jobs, training and apprenticeship opportunities, as well as leisure activities. More information on the Rail Park and Ride Programme.


Alternative arrangements

Building the new car park will mean closing the existing main car park for the whole construction period. A portion of the overflow car park will remain open to station visitors, with approximately 40 spaces available.

As there will be limited parking availability throughout the construction period, station users are being advised to consider alternative arrangements and, where possible, to walk or cycle to the station. View a map showing the area within a 20 min walk of the station - with walking, cycling, and bus routes.

Alternative parking is available at Keighley station and Crossflatts station, including some accessible parking spaces:

Map showing alternative station parking

Map showing Keighley station accessible parking


Contact Us

If you have any queries, you can get in touch with the project team via:

Email: TransportProjects@westyorks-ca.gov.uk

Telephone: 0113 245 7676 (Metroline information service)

Q&A: Ask a question using the ‘Questions and Answers’ tab at the bottom of the page


Project Update - March 2023

Due to the steel erection works on site being in close proximity to the track, these works can only take place overnight during weekends.

This does unfortunately extend the date of completion to Autumn 2023.

Next steps

Construction works commenced on Monday 25th April, and the latest programme shows completion on site during Autumn 2023. This page will be open for Questions and Answers until the new car park opens.

West Yorkshire Combined Authority and train operator Northern are building a new car park at Steeton & Silsden Station, extending the existing parking provision.


The scheme will provide:

  • A free, multi-story (3 levels) car park for rail users.
  • An additional 102 car parking spaces at Steeton & Silsden car park, taking the total available spaces to 245 which includes 9 Blue Badge bays.
  • CCTV and low energy lighting.
  • A fully accessible lift.
  • Enhanced drainage infrastructure.
  • Underground ducting to support future electric vehicle charging points, should this be introduced in the future.


The new, multi-story car park is one of 14 projects within Phase 1 of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s £31.5 million Rail Park and Ride Programme, which has been designed to increase station parking and provide people with increased access to train services. In turn, this will help reduce congestion, improve local air quality and enhance people’s access to jobs, training and apprenticeship opportunities, as well as leisure activities. More information on the Rail Park and Ride Programme.


Alternative arrangements

Building the new car park will mean closing the existing main car park for the whole construction period. A portion of the overflow car park will remain open to station visitors, with approximately 40 spaces available.

As there will be limited parking availability throughout the construction period, station users are being advised to consider alternative arrangements and, where possible, to walk or cycle to the station. View a map showing the area within a 20 min walk of the station - with walking, cycling, and bus routes.

Alternative parking is available at Keighley station and Crossflatts station, including some accessible parking spaces:

Map showing alternative station parking

Map showing Keighley station accessible parking


Contact Us

If you have any queries, you can get in touch with the project team via:

Email: TransportProjects@westyorks-ca.gov.uk

Telephone: 0113 245 7676 (Metroline information service)

Q&A: Ask a question using the ‘Questions and Answers’ tab at the bottom of the page


Project Update - March 2023

Due to the steel erection works on site being in close proximity to the track, these works can only take place overnight during weekends.

This does unfortunately extend the date of completion to Autumn 2023.

Next steps

Construction works commenced on Monday 25th April, and the latest programme shows completion on site during Autumn 2023. This page will be open for Questions and Answers until the new car park opens.

Questions and answers

If you have any questions, please ask them here.

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    You should force the car-park developer to donate an extra 5% in their annual business rates this tax year, the company will profit from members of the public and voters using the parking facilities, and as this is a large development, it effectively has a natural monopoly on the car parking in the area it is located. In these times of economic crisis our cash strapped local councils in Bradford and Leeds need more fudning in order to provide basic services like social care, schools fudding, community event provisions, and other statuatory duies. The big company which has been given the ownership of the car park should be mandated to pay voluntarily a 5% bonus donation directly to Bradfrord City Council in order to distribute more private profit into our poor and underfunded local governnment. Furthermore, Yokshire Needs a Parliment.

    NoT_HaroldWilson asked 3 months ago

    Thanks for your comments regarding the car park extension at Steeton & Silsden. 

     The project is being delivered by Northern Trains Ltd, the train operating company, and funded by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. Once the car park is completed, it will be free to use and will be owned and maintained by Northern. Bradford Council are in support of the scheme and have been a key stakeholder in the progression of the project and its various approvals. 

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    Are their any plans to put a bridge over the carriageway so that school kids who live in silsden can get the train to school in skipton without have to run across 4 live lanes?

    Lisa321 asked 4 months ago

    Thank you for your question, yes, Bradford Council are leading on the ‘Steeton & Silsden Cycling and Walking Improvements’ scheme with support from consultants. The scheme is currently at Outline Business Case Stage. Further information can be provided by City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Department of Place.


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    There are currently only four cycle lockers. To increase a car park by over half and not provide any new facilities for cyclists is scandalous. Why have the needs of cyclists not been taken into consideration in this scheme? What a wasted opportunity.

    TF asked 6 months ago

     

    Thanks for your email. The scope of the Rail Park & Ride Programme is to increase car parking provision at rail stations across the region. Northern Trains Ltd are currently reviewing their cycle storage across their stations and welcome comments and suggestions via their usual channels (https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/about-us/contact-directory)
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    When will the car park be finished and will there be a charge for parking? If so, how much will it cost per day?

    Anonymous1 asked 6 months ago

    Thanks for your questions. The programme currently shows completion Spring 2023. Once complete, the car park will not have a charge for parking.

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    Work seems to be painfully slow on the project. There is a discrepancy on the sineage at the site as the completion date. 'In 12 months,' and 'November 2022.' What is the correct completion date please?

    Pat.H asked 7 months ago

    Thanks for your query. The contractor has confirmed that a full review of all signage on site has been undertaken. The latest programme shows completion on site, Spring 2023.

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    How many electric vehicle charging points are going to be installed in the carpark? Given the shift towards electric vehicle (EV) adoption, I would expect at least 25% of spaces host a charging point, and that not all those spaces are for exclusive EV usage (there will come a point when all spaces have EV charging points and it will be accepted non-EVs park there, as the charging points will be in plentiful supply). Anything less than 25% of spaces, means you'll be revisiting the site to fit additional charging points in less than two years, which will be inefficient and incur greater costs.

    DruidsNectar asked 9 months ago

    Thanks for your enquiry, the car park will be installed with ducting under the car park. This will allow EV spaces to be installed at a later date without the need to dig up the car park, once Northern develop an EV policy.


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    What improvements will be made to Station Road as part of this scheme? Station Road is already heavily congested at peak times, having a knock on impact on the roads feeding Station Road, and a scheme such as this will only encourage more vehicles onto Station Road. Presumably you'll be fitting traffic lights at the junctions of Steeton Grove/Station Road, and on the roundabout of the A629/Station Road/Keighley Road to ease the flow of traffic. Without such traffic controls, the queues will increase heading north on Station Road, and queues will increase heading west on the A629.

    DruidsNectar asked 9 months ago

    Thanks for your query. A transport assessment has been undertaken as part of the project which confirmed that the road could cope with additional traffic expected as part of the development. No traffic lights are planned as part of this project.

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    What is the progress on the new car park. It appears that the contractor has mobilised, removed the existing car park and made no progress since.

    Dan64566 asked 10 months ago

    Thanks for your comments.

     Works are currently on schedule and have so far consisted of preparatory works, including site set-up and the installation of track monitoring equipment, the latter activity being required overnight or at quiet times on the rail network, and which may not therefore be visible.

    Kind regards,

    Transport Projects team

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    Why has nothing happened at the site for many weeks.

    Stephen lee asked 10 months ago

    Thanks for your e-mail regarding works at Steeton & Silsden. 

     Works are currently on schedule and have so far consisted of preparatory works, including site set-up and the installation of track monitoring equipment, the latter activity being required overnight or at quiet times on the rail network, and which may not therefore be visible.

     Kind regards,

    Transport Projects team

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    I recently heard that there were some preliminary plans to reopen the line/ Station at Crosshill giving us a link into Lancashire as well as Leeds. Is this correct?

    Trish Taylor asked 11 months ago

    This question was passed to Northern as the train operating company for comment, their answer was as follows; “It has been mentioned many times, but is not advanced. There are real operational issues with it, including the level crossing, which would need bridging. All this points to a very weak business case that will require further work."

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