Ossett was a railway station serving the town of
Ossett
Ossett is a market town in the City of Wakefield metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated between Dewsbury, Horbury and Wakefield. At the 2011 Census, the population was ...
,
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
. The station on the
Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway
The Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway was an independent railway company that built a line between Wakefield and a junction close to Leeds, in Yorkshire, England. It opened its main line in 1857, and was worked by the Great Northern Railway. T ...
and it opened on 7 April 1867 and closed on 5 September 1964. It had an island platform accessed from a ramp surrounded by goods yards.
After closure the tracks were lifted, and the area has been built over with housing.
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Former Great Northern Railway stations
Disused railway stations in Wakefield
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1867
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964
Beeching closures in England
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