Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway

[2] The first section of the line was from Shipley, at a triangular junction with the Leeds and Bradford Railway, to Keighley.

[1] A second section from Keighley to Skipton opened on 7 September 1847, initially as a single track, but doubled by the end of the year.

Trains ran between Bradford and Skipton; passengers to and from Leeds changed at Shipley.

[1] The final section between Skipton and Colne was contracted on 9 September 1846 and opened on 2 October 1848.

By 2 April in the same year the line was part of a through route between Leeds and Liverpool,[1] but the majority of passenger trains were local between Skipton and Colne.