The original station at Low Moor was situated at the junction of two routes - the line to Halifax and Greetland through the Calder Valley and that via Spen Valley to, both built by the Manchester and Leeds Railway. It opened in 1848 and initially acted a terminus for both lines, as the continuation towards Bradford Exchange was not yet complete. Through running to Bradford eventually began in 1850, to Manchester Victoria in January 1852 and to Leeds via in 1854. Low Moor quickly became an important interchange station, as there was initially no direct route between Bradford Exchange and the LB&HJR route to Leeds and so many trains to/from Halifax and Manchester carried portions for both cities that were attached or joined here. A connection to was later built by the GNR in 1892 and facilities extended accordingly - by the turn of the century there were four platforms in use, along with a large goods yard and loco depot. The introduction of DMUs over the Calder Valley route in January 1962 saw the loss of much of its interchange traffic and in June 1965, it was closed to passenger traffic under the Beeching axe along with the Spen Valley Line. Goods traffic ceased two years later and the station was then demolished. The station site was later used for the Transperience museum which was open for a brief period in the 1990s. The Spen Valley Greenway was built on the route of the Mirfield line after its closure to freight in 1981.
Present station
planned to build a new station at Low Moor by 2012. A lack of capacityon the line meant that development was put on hold through 2008–09, until track improvement work at Mill Lane Junction in Bradford was completed and a new timetable introduced. In June 2009, £5.5 million funding was allocated for the station and it was announced that a detailed design plan and business case would be developed. These were completed in May 2010, confirming the station's location on New Works Road. After the 2010 general election and subsequent Spending Review, a further assessment of the West Yorkshire Strategic Programme of Schemes confirmed that the new station at Low Moor remained a key priority within the transport aspirations of West Yorkshire. The public consultation for the scheme was held in November 2011. Estimated completion was delayed into 2015, as the curvature of the track led to complications meeting engineering safety requirements for the new platforms. West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority released funding for the station in March 2014 and submitted a planning application to Bradford Council. There were further delays during construction of the car park over suspected disused mine workings. Exhaustive surveys initially could not verify their precise locations, but two were eventually discovered under the station site. Opening was delayed to summer 2016, and then to May 2017. This date was revised again, and the station opened to passenger trains on Sunday, 2 April 2017. The total cost of the project was £10.8 million.
Service pattern
Currently, Low Moor has the following service pattern:
From the winter 2019 timetable change, the Huddersfield service will start/terminate at Bradford rather than running through to Leeds on weekdays and Saturdays, but to compensate for this the hourly Leeds - Manchester Victoria - Chester service will start calling throughout the day. This improves the overall service pattern at the station to two departures per hour to both Halifax and Bradford, with hourly through trains to Leeds and Manchester. Sunday services remain unchanged.
