Healey, Ossett

Healey is a small village and industrial district on the east bank of the River Calder in the southwestern outskirts of Ossett, near Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England.

As part of the construction a new cut was made in the Calder bypassing a sharp bend in the river, which in the course of the work severed the road to the mill.

[1] Due to the delay in construction because of the court case, when the railway was opened, the Calder was crossed by a temporary wooden bridge.

[8] In the 1960s the conversion of the sidings east of Healey into a modernised railway shunting yard brought several major changes.

The route of the river Calder east of Healey was altered, being moved south to create more space for the new marshalling yard, the 1800s mill pond formed by the attempted re-routing of the Calder for the original Manchester and Leeds rail link was filled in, Healey Low Mill was demolished, the Healey Road sewage works removed,[1] and three additional rail bridges built to carry the tracks across the Calder.

[18] After 2010 the site's use was limited to crew changes; the driver depot at Healey Mills closed in 2012, being relocated to portacabins at Wakefield Kirkgate station after 4 February 2012.

[19] Network Rail still own the Power Signal Box which is no longer operational, previously controlling trains from Horbury to Huddersfield (which includes the Transpennine route).