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The early history of this station is unclear. Sources (1) and (2) agree that the first Shipley Station was opened in 1846 by the Leeds and Bradford Railway. (1) places it adjacent to Valley Road bridge but (2) puts it, at least from 1849, on roughly its present site. The present triangular station was built by the Midland Railway - in 1875 according to source (1) and between 1883 and 1892 according to (2). For much of its life it only had platforms on two of its three sides (Bradford-Skipton and Bradford-Leeds lines). The platform on the westbound track of the Leeds-Skipton- Carlisle line was added in 1979, and the matching eastbound platform as late as 1992 as part of the electrification of the route. Both sources agree that it is one of only two remaining triangular stations in the UK, the other being Earlsfield.

Sources: (1) "West Yorkshire Railway Stations", Peter Tuffrey, 2011. (2) Wikipedia Link