[1] When the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway (later absorbed by the Great Northern) arrived in Bradford they initially built a terminus at Adolphus Street.

It was poorly situated, and so a branch line was built from east of the terminus that looped south and joined the existing Lancashire and Yorkshire line at Mill Lane junction.

That allowed LB & HJ services to enter Bradford Exchange station.

[2] The station was closed to passengers in 1867 but remained in use for parcels and freight traffic until 1972.

[3] Bradford St James's Market now occupies the greater part of the station site while the new alignment of Wakefield Road runs across the site of the former train shed.