| Heysham Port | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Heysham |
| Local authority | Lancaster |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HHB |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 5,696 |
| 2005/06 * | 5,251 |
| 2006/07 * | 6,924 |
| 2007/08 * | 7,178 |
| 2008/09 * | 7,606 |
| 2009/10 * | 7,752 |
| History | |
| Original company | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 1 September 1904 | Opened as Heysham Harbour |
| 4 May 1970 | Relocated |
| 6 October 1975 | Closed |
| 11 May 1987 | Reopened as Heysham Sea Terminal |
| 28 September 1992 | Renamed Heysham Port |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Heysham Port from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Heysham Port railway station serves the port of Heysham in Lancashire. It is the terminus of the Morecambe Branch Line from Lancaster.
A twice-daily service formerly served the railway station (the first around midday with a second approximately an hour later), which connected with the ferry to Douglas in the Isle of Man. These services were operated by Northern Rail as an extension of the Lancaster-Morecambe shuttle. A Sunday service ran during the summer months.
From December 2008 however the service has been reduced to one train each way per day, which runs to and from Leeds.[1] This is scheduled to arrive at 12:57 (12:54 on Saturdays), returning to Leeds at 13:15. A Sunday service (of two trains each way) operated in summer 2009 from the mid-May timetable change until mid-September.[2] This will run once again during the summer 2010 & 2011 timetable periods.
The train service was temporarily suspended in March 2011 for sixteen weeks (late March until mid-July), as the Barrow-based drivers who normally operate the daily service were unavailable due to the Arnside viaduct engineering blockade. A replacement bus service ran to & from Lancaster for the duration of the work, which was completed in time for a resumption of train services on 18 July.
The station, which was first opened under the name Heysham Harbour by the Midland Railway on 4 May 1904,[3] served boat trains for Belfast until the closure of the ferry route in April 1975. The train service was then withdrawn a few months later (on 6 October),[3] but reinstated, with the station renamed Heysham Sea Terminal, on 11 May 1987[3] to provide a rail connection with the daily sailing to Douglas. The station acquired its present name on 28 September 1992.[3]
The station formerly had additional platforms (which can still be seen), a Shell fuel oil distribution terminal and also a frequent EMU local service to and from Lancaster via Morecambe (which began in 1908), but this ended in January 1966 [4] when the old Midland route to Lancaster Green Ayre fell victim to the Beeching Axe. The overhead electrification on the branch was removed at the same time.
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| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Morecambe | Northern Rail Morecambe Branch Line |
Terminus | ||
| Terminus | Isle of Man Steam Packet Ferry |
Douglas |
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| Historical railways | ||||
| Morecambe Promenade | Midland Railway North Western Line |
Terminus | ||