Heck railway station
Heck | |
|---|---|
 Site of Heck station in 1992 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Heck, North Yorkshire England |
| Coordinates | 53°40′58″N 1°05′58″W / 53.6828°N 1.0994°W |
| Grid reference | SE595210 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | North Eastern Railway |
| Pre-grouping | North Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | LNER |
| Key dates | |
| 2 January 1871 | Opened |
| 15 September 1958 | Closed to passengers |
| 1963 | Closed to goods |
Heck railway station served the parish of Heck, North Yorkshire, England from 1871 to 1963 on the East Coast Main Line.
History
[edit]The station opened on 2 January 1871 by the North Eastern Railway. It closed to passengers on 15 September 1958[1] and to goods on 29 April 1963. Sidings still served local companies producing building materials.[2]
The opening of RAF Snaith in 1941, increased the passenger traffic to and from the station. No. 51 Squadron RAF arrived at the station in a special train, where the carriages where shunted into the sidings for unloading. One of the carriages ran back onto the main line and caused a blockage.[3]
On 28 February 2001, a car with a trailer missed the motorway bridge south of the station site and ran on the railway tracks, causing the crash of a southbound intercity train and a northbound freight train which left ten people dead.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 209. OCLC 931112387.
- ^ Ben Brooksbank (5 January 2014). "Site of former Heck station, East Coast Main Line 1992". Geograph. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ Ford, Keith S. (1992). Snaith days : life with 51 Squadron 1942/45. Warrington: Compaid Graphics. p. 7. ISBN 0-9517965-1-8.
- ^ "Selby rail crash car driver Gary Hart blames 'fate' - BBC News". BBC News. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
External links
[edit]| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Hirst Line open, station closed |
North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line |
Balne Line open, station closed | ||
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