Heck railway station
Disused railway station in North Yorkshire, England
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Heck railway station served the parish of Heck, North Yorkshire, England from 1871 to 1963 on the East Coast Main Line.
Heck | |||||
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Site of Heck station in 1992 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Heck, North Yorkshire England | ||||
| Coordinates | 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 | ||||
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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]
