Osmondthorpe_railway_station

Osmondthorpe railway station

Osmondthorpe railway station

Disused railway station in West Yorkshire, England

Osmondthorpe was a railway station between Leeds and Cross Gates on the Leeds to York Line (part of the Cross Country Route). It was opened as Osmondthorpe Halt by the London and North Eastern Railway in September 1930 to serve new estates being built in the area.[1] The station was of timber construction and was built without goods facilities. After May 1937, the word Halt was dropped from the station name.[2]

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The station was closed in March 1960.[3][4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Mitchell, Vic (2020). Leeds to Selby and Goole. Midhurst: Middleton Press. 30. ISBN 978-1-910356-47-0.
  2. [2]
    Hoole, Ken (1985). Railway stations of the North East. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 205. ISBN 0-7153-8527-5.
  3. [3]
    Nigel Thompson (19 May 2013). "Osmondthorpe Halt railway station (site), Yorkshire". Geograph Britain and Ireland.
  4. [4]
    "Disused Stations:Penda's Way Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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