Signalling Record Society
Hessay
A small but busy crossing provided with an open air ground frame together with block bell and line occupation repeaters inside the station building.
The geographic location of the station can be seen on a current OS Map. The map will place this location at the centre of the map panel, roll the mouse over the icon(s) to reveal what they represent. Increase the scale using the scale selector on the left to separate closely positioned icons.
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Video Credits
Filmed by: | George Duncan & Richard Pulleyn |
Filmed on: | Tuesday 5 May 2015 |
Narrator: | Phil Graham and Richard Pulleyn |
Crossing Keeper: | Alex Osborne |
Local Operations Manager: | Jon Derrick |
Video Editor: | George Duncan |
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Key Chronology
1848 | Line opened by East & West Yorkshire Junction Railway. |
1852 | East & West Yorkshire Junction Railway become part of the York and North Midland Railway. |
1854 | York and North Midland Railway become part of the newly created North Eastern Railway. |
1972 | Hammerton to Poppleton singled. |
Can you help?
The project would love to hear from you, especially if you worked or still work in a signal box, and you are willing to provide reminiscences and / or pictures. Please contact the webmaster in the first instance.
LineCode MR871