Bradford Interchange is one of two train stations serving Bradford's city centre. Bradford is such an exciting city with so much money and investment being spent on it over the past few years to the point where it's now been awarded the UK City of Culture for 2025, it really does seem they've left Bradford Interchange behind.
Bradford Interchange, as suggested by the name is a transport interchange station for bus and rail services, although to avoid confusion with nearby Bradford Forster Square, railway companies will refer to the station as a whole, as Bradford Interchange.
In terms of passengers, Bradford Interchange is the most used train station in the city, ahead of Forster Square.
The station is managed by Northern Trains and the West Yorkshire Metro (Owned by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority). The majority of railway services are served by Northern Trains, but Grand Central also provide services from this station.
The station looks fairly unique from the outside due to the roof, which looks unlike most other train stations I've visited, however as you get inside it just looks and feels run-down and dirty, especially in the main square of the station. The platforms were fine, unlike any other station in a small city or large town across England.
I used the station most recently on a trip from Hull, it was fairly easy to navigate the station from getting off the train to the exits, although it is fairly small so would be more difficult to get lost than anything else.
A lack of staff around the station is also sad to see, the only staff member I managed to find across the whole bus and train station was a toilet cleaner.
PRO TIP: Make sure you carry change if you want to use the toilet as they are not free, otherwise you may be able to gain access to the accessible toilet which does not require payment. Again, strongly against this, you shouldn't have to pay to pee... there's a lack of public toilets as there is and it is only going to encourage public urination, and just doesn't feel right to me.
2* - Certainly struggling from a lack of investment and has seen better days, while providing useful services into the city, and the location of the train station is in close proximity to all of the city's shops and tourist attractions, it just needs vast improvement. read more