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References
- ↑ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 348
- ↑ "List of West Yorkshire passenger stations". Lost Railways West Yorkshire.
- ↑ Yorkshire CCXLVIII.5 (Horbury; Ossett) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 1932.
- ↑ "Adwalton Junction to Wakefield 1864 - 1964". Lost Railways West Yorkshire.
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