Further construction by the ambitious Great Northern led to the addition of branches to Wakefield via Adwalton and Batley in 1864, Shipley in 1875 and Pudsey (Greenside) in 1893.

[3] The facilities provided here were consequently quite generous, with four platforms, two signal boxes and a sizeable goods yard.

[4] The branch to Shipley was an early casualty of road competition, losing its passenger service in February 1931.

Both, however, succumbed to the Beeching Axe in the mid-1960s, with services on the Pudsey Loop and to Wakefield via Batley services ending in 1964, and those via Ardsley to Wakefield Westgate following suit two years later.

The station was closed to passengers on 4 July 1966, on the same day as the line to Ardsley.