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Heck railway station

Coordinates: 53°40′58″N 1°05′58″W / 53.6828°N 1.0994°W / 53.6828; -1.0994
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Heck
Site of Heck station in 1992
General information
LocationHeck, North Yorkshire
England
Coordinates53°40′58″N 1°05′58″W / 53.6828°N 1.0994°W / 53.6828; -1.0994
Grid referenceSE595210
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyNorth Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingNorth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLNER
Key dates
2 January 1871 (1871-01-02)Opened
15 September 1958 (1958-09-15)Closed to passengers
1963Closed to goods

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

History

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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

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