Heaton Station

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kateAK
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Heaton Station

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Hi!

I have done some research on Heaton station, and I know it was closed in 1980. Is there any marker there still today to show where the station entrance was?

Thanks!
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Re: Heaton Station

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I don't know if this will help?

http://maps.nls.uk/view/132280037

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Re: Heaton Station

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The remaining slow line still curves around where the. Island platform used to be.
kateAK
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Re: Heaton Station

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Great thanks! Yes I saw that the train route still passes through there.

Is there any marker or old sign at all suggesting where the station used to be?

Thanks!
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tomburnham
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Re: Heaton Station

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The Disused Stations site for Heaton has a wealth of information including a photo of the site of the former main entrance.
See - http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/h/heaton/

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PinzaC55
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Re: Heaton Station

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If you can manage to get to the Public Record Office at Kew they have some Heaton related material including a pencil drawing of the station in about 1860 which I think was part of the research for Tomlinson's history of the NER. In those early days it was a tiny cottage style building with an open fronted wooden waiting shelter. I have a hand drawn (by me) copy of the temporary signalling for the "new" station and could scan it and send it to you if you like. I used to have the cast iron ticket office window but sold it to a friend many years ago.
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Re: Heaton Station

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While looking for other photos I came across this remarkable photo which I have never seen before.

https://heatonhistorygroup.org/tag/heaton-depot/

This page https://heatonhistorygroup.org/2013/10/ ... stop-tour/
has a copy of the drawing I referred to earlier.
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Re: Heaton Station

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not Heaton station as such but next Saturday Oct 7th A1 Tornado is visiting Heaton shed for a turnaround
times are per the link below courtesy of the Mainline Steam website

http://www.uksteam.info/tours/t17/t1007b.htm
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Re: Heaton Station

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There's a canny little book that features a lot around Heaton with photos too, called The Glory And The Steam.

Well worth a look for £10

its ABC sized produced by Sliver Link and features "the mainly North Eastern diary of a teenage railway enthusiast, 1960-65"

ISBN 978-1-85794-393-1
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