Hessay railway station

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Hessay
The former Hessay Railway Station on New Road (geograph 3646531).jpg
The former station in 2013
Location Hessay, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates 53°58′46″N1°12′03″W / 53.9794°N 1.2009°W / 53.9794; -1.2009 Coordinates: 53°58′46″N1°12′03″W / 53.9794°N 1.2009°W / 53.9794; -1.2009
Grid reference SE525540
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Pre-grouping East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Post-grouping LNER
British Rail (North Eastern)
Key dates
April 1849 (1849-04)Opened
22 September 1915Closed to passengers as a wartime economy measure
July 1922Reopened
15 September 1958Closed to passengers again
4 May 1964 (1964-05-04)Closed completely

Hessay railway station served the village of Hessay, North Yorkshire, England from 1849 to 1964 on the Harrogate line.

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History

The station opened in April 1849 by the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway. The station was situated east of the level crossing on New Road. There were five freight sidings at the station, northwest of the level crossing on the down side with a long head shunt. In 1913 livestock was handled here but there were no general goods facilities; only 'bulk traffic' was dealt with. NER figures of 1911 revealed that 368 people lived within the settlement and only 4405 tickets were sold in the year. During the First World War, most lightly used station closed during 1916–17, although Hessay closed as early as 22 September 1915. A reason for this was due to its closeness to Marston Moor. There was no distinct reopening date for Hessay after the First World War had ended. One service had appeared in the Bradshaw timetable in June 1919 for York passengers, but only on Saturdays. In Reid's timetable of June 1920, 'Hessay (closed)' confusingly appeared with an up service for c9:15am and a down service for c3:39pm for York passengers and, again, on Saturdays only. In July 1922, services were restored for all weekdays. When the Second World War began, War Department sidings were built at the station on the down side and south west of the existing sidings. Like Goldsborough, there were also wartime additions to the infrastructure, including a blast proof signal box. The station closed to passengers on 15 September 1958 [1] but goods continued to be handled until 4 May 1964. The War Department sidings continued to be used by the Ministry of Defence until 1991. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 225. OCLC   931112387.
  2. ↑ "Disused Stations: Hessay". Disused Stations. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Poppleton   East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Harrogate line 		  Marston Moor
Line open, station closed


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