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==Transport== Bradford is served by two railway stations;<ref name="train">{{cite web |url=http://www.visitbradford.com/visitor-information/travel-information.aspx |title=How to get to Bradford β Road and Railway information |access-date=4 February 2013 |publisher=Visit Bradford |archive-date=18 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618085001/http://www.visitbradford.com/visitor-information/travel-information.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Bradford Interchange]], which is also the city's main bus terminus,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wymetro.com/BusTravel/BusStationsAndStops/BradfordInterchange/ |title=Metro: Bradford Interchange |access-date=24 February 2008 |publisher=West Yorkshire Metro |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324051754/http://www.wymetro.com/BusTravel/BusStationsAndStop/BradfordInterchange |archive-date = 24 March 2010}}</ref> and {{convert|1|mi|km|sigfig=1|spell=on}} from Valley Parade.<ref name="raileasy">{{cite web |url=http://www.raileasy.co.uk/go/attractions/bradford-city-fc |title=Bradford City FC |access-date=9 April 2008 |publisher=Raileasy |archive-date=3 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003173205/http://www.raileasy.co.uk/go/attractions/bradford-city-fc |url-status=dead}}</ref> The other is [[Bradford Forster Square railway station|Bradford Forster Square]],<ref name="train"/> which is {{convert|0.6|mi|km|sigfig=1}} away from the ground.<ref name="raileasy"/> Bradford Interchange connects to [[Leeds railway station]] for [[London North Eastern Railway]] and [[CrossCountry]] train services, [[Grand Central (train operating company)|Grand Central]] provide a direct service to London, and provides [[First Bradford]] and [[Keighley Bus Company]] buses to the ground. Forster Square, which provides train services operated by [[Northern (train operating company)|Northern]], also connects to Leeds. The stadium has no parking facilities available to supporters on match days.<ref name="official website"/> In 2000, as part of the expansion of Valley Parade, the club drew up a green transport plan to ease traffic congestion around the ground. Proposals included a new railway station on the line between Leeds and Bradford Forster Square, and a discounted bus service.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/archive/2000/02/19/Bradford+District+Archive/8058269.City_quiz_their_fans/ |title=City quiz their fans |date=19 February 2002 |access-date=4 February 2013 |work=Telegraph & Argus |archive-date=24 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624030401/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/archive/2000/02/19/Bradford%20District%20Archive/8058269.City_quiz_their_fans/ |url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2013}}, no railway station had been built and a discounted bus route was withdrawn because of low patronage.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/archive/2000/01/28/Bradford+District+Archi/8059169.Bantams_bus_route_kicked_into_touch/ |title=Bantams bus route kicked into touch |date=28 January 2000 |access-date=4 February 2013 |work=Telegraph & Argus |archive-date=24 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624030520/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/archive/2000/01/28/Bradford+District+Archive/8059169.Bantams_bus_route_kicked_into_touch/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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