Ossun
Ossun station in around 1900
General information
LocationImpasse Sarthou 65380
Ossun
France
Coordinates43°11′00″N 0°01′17″W / 43.1833°N 0.0214°W / 43.1833; -0.0214
Elevation366 m (1,201 ft)
Owned bySNCF
Operated bySNCF
Line(s)Toulouse–Bayonne
Other information
Station code87671313
History
Opened9 April 1866 (1866-04-09)
Services
Preceding station TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine Following station
Lourdes
towards Bordeaux
52 Tarbes
Terminus
Lourdes
towards Bayonne
53

Ossun station (French: Gare d'Ossun) is a railway station in Ossun, in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées, and in the region of Occitanie, France. The station is located on the Toulouse–Bayonne railway line. The station was opened in 1866 by the Chemins de fer du Midi. The station is served by TER (local) services operated by the SNCF. This is the closest station to the Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport.

Location

The station is situated at 366 m (1,201 ft) altitude. Ossun station is part of the railway region of Toulouse, and is at PK 166,450 along the line from Toulouse–Bayonne, between the stations of Tarbes and Lourdes.

The station has two platforms. Platform 1 has an effective length of 213 m (699 ft) and platform 2 has an in-use length of 153 m (502 ft).

History

The Chemins de fer du Midi opened the station of Ossun, between those of Juillan and Adé, on 9 April 1866. This was just before the opening of the rest of the railway line from Tarbes to Lourdes on 20 April 1866.

le bâtiment voyageurs, les voies et quais, un train à vapeur, après l'électrification de la ligne.
The station after electrification in 1913

Train services

The station is served by regional trains towards Bordeaux, Bayonne, Pau and Tarbes.[1]

See also

References

  1. Plan du réseau, TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine, accessed 19 April 2022.


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