Hensall railway station
Hensall  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Hensall |
| Local authority | Selby |
| Coordinates | 53°41′55″N 1°06′52″W / 53.698500°N 1.114500°WCoordinates: 53°41′55″N 1°06′52″W / 53.698500°N 1.114500°W |
| Grid reference | SE585228 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | HEL |
| Managed by | Northern Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 714 |
| 2005/06 |
 532 |
| 2006/07 |
327 |
| 2007/08 |
314 |
| 2008/09 |
266 |
| 2009/10 |
 326 |
| 2010/11 |
254 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hensall from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Hensall railway station serves the village of Hensall, North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Pontefract Line and is 22 miles (35 km) east of Leeds. The line is used regularly by the freight companies FirstGBRf, Freightliner and DB Schenker that transport coal & limestone to Drax and remove the gypsum created by the flue-gas treatment equipment.
History
The station was built by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Later in its history the station was absorbed into the LMSR (London Midland Scottish Railway) before it became part of the British Railways Network. Today the station is operated by Northern Rail. The station is now home to one of the last set of electrical wheel gates in the world, Castleford Cutsyke junction and Hensall are the final serving gates after the removal of the gates at Brough. Hensall Signal box (located adjacent the south platform) has recently been awarded grade II listing status along with 25 other historical signal boxes. The list, announced by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, includes signal boxes dating from late-Victorian times.[1]
Hensall Station was also the site of a small collision in 1949 between a British railways freight engine and a lorry after failure of a crossing keeper to acknowledge the train and brake van approaching, however it was argued that the signal man never gave the crossing the approaching train signal. It is unknown who caused the incident.
Services
Hensall has only a limited service - Monday to Saturdays, one train a day goes to Goole and two per day go to Leeds. There is no Sunday service. This service is operated by Northern Rail and is booked to be run with classes 142, 144, 153 or 150.
References
- ↑ "Rare Yorkshire signal boxes are given listed status". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
External links
- Train times and station information for Hensall railway station from National Rail
- Historic England. "Hensall Signal Box (1412058)". National Heritage List for England.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Northern Rail Mondays-Saturdays only |