Ossett railway station

Ossett was a railway station serving the town of Ossett, West Yorkshire. The station on the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway and it opened on 2 April 1864[1] and closed on 5 September 1964.[2] It had an island platform accessed from a ramp surrounded by goods yards.[3] After closure the tracks were lifted, and the area has been built over with housing.[4]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Earlsheaton   London and North Eastern Railway
Great Northern Railway
   Flushdyke
  1. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 348
  2. ^ "List of West Yorkshire passenger stations". Lost Railways West Yorkshire.
  3. ^ Yorkshire CCXLVIII.5 (Horbury; Ossett) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 1932.
  4. ^ "Adwalton Junction to Wakefield 1864 - 1964". Lost Railways West Yorkshire.