Bingley railway station is a grade II listed railway station that serves the town of Bingley in West Yorkshire, England, and is away from Leeds and away from Bradford Forster Square on the Airedale line operated by Northern Trains. History The Leeds and Bradford Railway opened the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway from Shipley to Keighley on 16 March 1847. Bingley station opened on the first day, and remained the only intermediate station until Saltaire was built in 1856. The original station was near the Three Rise Locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, but the Midland Railway (who had absorbed the L&BR in 1851) closed the old station and opened the current station on 24 July 1892. The second station was designed by Charles Trubshaw, who was a Midland Railway architect. The goods yard and accompanying shed, were located to the north of the station on the down side of the running lines. The shed, which is now in private hands, was taken out of railway use in 1965 and like the station is now grade II listed. The bog north of Bingley station was a headache to the railway builders. It is recorded in the Bradford Observer of 8 March 1847 that "no fewer than 100,000 cubic yards of solid earth and stone have been poured into this insatiable maw of a bog." The bog has also claimed some of Bingley Grammar School's buildings and the sinking may have given rise to an urban legend about a locomotive and wagons having been swallowed up by the bog. No evidence can be found to attest to this. Immediately south of the station is Bingley Tunnel ( long) against which a semaphore signal was placed for movements towards Shipley. When the line was electrified in 1994, the semaphore signalling was replaced with colour lights at the same time. The tunnel mouth at Bingley had a painted white patch on it directly behind the semaphore arm, thereby allowing greater recognition for drivers of the signal's position. Stationmasters John Wilkinson 1846 - 1848 (afterwards station master at Shipley) Joseph Heaton until 1862 F. Cavanah 1862 - 1864 A. Wilcock from 1864 Charles Darnell ca. 1870 - 1874 George Alfred Wright 1874 - 1884 (afterwards station master at St Albans) W. Brown 1874 - 1890 William Grundy 1890 - 1913 Joseph Hartley 1913 - 1928 W. Parrington 1928 - 1931 Wallace Raymond Graham