Bradford

:This article discusses the city Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. Bradford gives its name to the metropolitan borough named the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, discussed in a separate article, which also takes in many towns and villages in the surrounding area.

Geography

Bradford is located at {{coor dms|53|45|00|N|01|50|00|W|}} (53.7500, -1.8333)1.

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The Bradford Metropolitan District has an estimated population (2003) of 477,775. About 300,000 of these live within the main city area itself, the rest living in the surrounding towns, villages and countryside.

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Railways

• Bradford Forster Square was opened by the Leeds and Bradford Railway in the 1850s; later it became part of the Midland Railway system. It is now under the control of the West Yorkshire Metro as part of the Leeds-Bradford Line routes.
• Bradford Interchange: a station was opened by the joint efforts of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the Great Northern Railway on 9 May 1850, although the station was rebuilt nearer the city centre in 1867, as Bradford Exchange. That station was completely rebuilt in 1880, with ten platforms; but by 1973 it was too large and again was rebuilt on a different site. In 1983 that station was renamed Bradford Interchange when a bus station was built alongside. see this site