Bradford Forster Square Railway Station

BRADFS BDQ | 8346

Station Codes (TIPLOC, TLC | NLC)

Bradford Forster Square station is managed by Northern Trains and is located in Bradford within the Yorkshire and The Humber area of England.

Figures for 2023-24 show that 405,614 journeys were made between Bradford Forster Square and Leeds—that's 28% of all passenger journeys at this station!

Passenger numbers for Bradford Forster Square peaked during 2011-12 with 2,160,282 estimated passengers.

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 32% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 74% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Bradford Forster Square table
Year	Passenger Numbers
1997-98	246,793
1998-99	291,914
1999-00	317,662
2000-01	329,249
2001-02	335,826
2002-03	327,682
2003-04
2004-05	403,577
2005-06	394,391
2006-07	1,388,668
2007-08	1,529,174
2008-09	1,971,327
2009-10	1,955,024
2010-11	2,118,109
2011-12	2,160,282
2012-13	2,043,728
2013-14	2,043,974
2014-15	2,080,602
2015-16	2,065,658
2016-17	2,112,894
2017-18	2,027,260
2018-19	1,994,854
2019-20	1,946,622
2020-21	614,708
2021-22	1,301,266
2022-23	1,437,732
2023-24	1,425,866
2024-25