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Heeley railway station

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Coordinates: 53°21′41″N 1°28′24″W / 53.36132°N 1.47329°W / 53.36132; -1.47329
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Heeley
The station building in 2006
General information
LocationHeeley, City of Sheffield
England
Coordinates53°21′41″N 1°28′24″W / 53.36132°N 1.47329°W / 53.36132; -1.47329
Grid referenceSK351850
Platforms2/4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingMidland Railway
Post-groupingLMSR
London Midland Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 February 1870Opened
1901–03Extended to four platforms
10 June 1968Closed

Heeley railway station was a railway station in Sheffield, England. The station served the communities of Heeley, Meersbrook and Lowfield and was situated on the Midland Main Line near London Road on Heeley Bridge, lying between Sheffield Midland station and Millhouses railway station.

Plan of Heeley station c.1890

The station opened with the inauguration of the Midland Railway's main line between Chesterfield and Sheffield on 1 February 1870.[1] This new station of 1870 was designed by the company architect John Holloway Sanders.[2] It was built on an embankment between the A61, London Road South and the River Sheaf. During construction both the road and river were diverted to create space for the station and sidings.

Railway accident at Heeley station in 1876 (contemporary engraving)

On 22 November 1876 an overnight passenger train from London St Pancras to Scotland via Carlisle derailed at Heeley due to a track defect,[3] causing several people to be injured.[4]

Initially the station had two platforms but this was increased to four when the line from Sheffield to Dore was widened between 1901 and 1903.[5] Heeley station was the only station on this section of the line that was an elevated station with subway access from below to the platforms.

During the Great Sheffield Gale in 1962, there was a near miss at the station as a London to Sheffield express train narrowly avoided crashing into debris blown onto the tracks by the devastating storm;[6] the station itself suffered damage which was never fully repaired. Heeley station closed on 10 June 1968 at the same time as Millhouses railway station and all the platform buildings were demolished. The subway is still present although both entrances have been blocked in; the entrance on London Road can be seen and iron railings are present.

In July 2017, it was proposed by Local Enterprise Partnership that new stations should be built at Millhouses and Heeley as well as new platforms at Dore & Totley.[7] The plans would be part of a call to have better links in South Yorkshire area as well as plans for a new Woodhead Route reopening.

References

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  1. ^ "Opening of the New Midland Railway". Sheffield Independent. 5 February 1870.
  2. ^ "The Sheffield and Chesterfield District Railway. The New stations". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. British Newspaper Archive. 13 April 1869. Retrieved 12 July 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ E. G. Barnes (1970). The Midland Main Line 1875–1922. London: Allen & Unwin.
  4. ^ "Fearful Railway Accident at Healey". Sheffield Independent. 25 November 1876.
  5. ^ Batty, Stephen R. (2005). Rail Centres: Sheffield. Booklaw Publications. p. 53. ISBN 1-901945-21-9.
  6. ^ "VIDEO: 11 fascinating facts about the Sheffield Hurricane of February 16 1962". The Sheffield Star.
  7. ^ "Is Sheffield destined to fail and trail?". The Star. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017.
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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Millhouses and Ecclesall
Line open, station closed 		  Midland Railway
Midland Main Line 		  Sheffield Midland
Line and station open


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