Heads Nook railway station

Heads Nook
Heads Nook
General information
Location	Heads Nook, City of Carlisle; England
Coordinates	54°53′20″N 2°47′26″W / 54.88889°N 2.79056°W
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway; British Rail (Eastern Region);
Key dates
1 July 1862	Opened
2 January 1967	Closed
Location
Location

Heads Nook railway station served the village of Heads Nook, south-west of Brampton, Cumbria, England. The station was on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. It was closed in 1967^[1] as part of the Beeching cuts. After which the station was left derelict until 1975 when it was demolished by British Rail.

Flanked by railway police at midnight, B.R. workmen set to work on the demotion as 30 residents watched in disbelief. There had been a campaign to have it reopened as an unmanned halt. Consequently this move was seen as very underhand by campaigners. When interviewed by a newspaper reporter at the time, Mr Bernard Widdowson, chairman of Heads Nook Villagers Association at the time, said they were angry because the demolition work had come at a time when their negotiations with British Rail and Cumbria County Council were at a peak. A British Rail spokesman said the demolition was necessary for safety reasons with the platform. If it was to be reopened, temporary wooden structures could be used.^[2] B.R. also said that the demolition work needed to be conducted at night, as that was the only time there were no trains using the line.

The station lamps were sold off. Two of them can be seen in the village, one not far away from the station just over the railway bridge.

Not much of the station can be seen anymore as nature has reclaimed the platforms for its own. Today they look like nothing more than leafy green banks in the railway cutting, which the casual observer would pass by without any further thought.

References

^ Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 220. OCLC 931112387.
^ "Midnight clash in battle for a station". Daily Mail: 3. 17 March 1975.

External links

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Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
How Mill		North Eastern Railway Newcastle and Carlisle Railway		Wetheral

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[1] Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 220. OCLC 931112387.

[2] "Midnight clash in battle for a station". Daily Mail: 3. 17 March 1975.

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