Heck railway station

Heck
Site of Heck station in 1992
General information
Location	Heck, North Yorkshire England
Coordinates	53°40′58″N1°05′58″W / 53.6828°N 1.0994°W / 53.6828; -1.0994
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 (1871-01-02)	Opened
15 September 1958 (1958-09-15)	Closed to passengers
1963	Closed to goods
Location

Heck railway station served the parish of Heck, North Yorkshire, England from 1871 to 1963 on the East Coast Main Line.

History

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

1. Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 209. OCLC   931112387.
2. Ben Brooksbank (5 January 2014). "Site of former Heck station, East Coast Main Line 1992". Geograph. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
3. Ford, Keith S. (1992). Snaith days : life with 51 Squadron 1942/45. Warrington: Compaid Graphics. p. 7. ISBN   0-9517965-1-8.
4. "Selby rail crash car driver Gary Hart blames 'fate' - BBC News". BBC News. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

External links

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Temple Hirst Line open, station closed		North Eastern Railway East Coast Main Line		Balne Line open, station closed