Ossun station

Ossun
Ossun station in around 1900
General information
Location	Impasse Sarthou 65380 Ossun France
Coordinates	43.1833°N 0.0214°W / 43.1833; -0.0214
Elevation	366 m (1,201 ft)
Owned by	SNCF
Operated by	SNCF
Line(s)	Toulouse–Bayonne
Other information
Station code	87671313
History
Opened	9 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.

The station after electrification in 1913

Train services

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

See also

• List of SNCF stations in Occitanie