Index
- St Helens to Ormskirk Home
- St Helens 3rd
- St Helens Central
- Gerards Bridge
- Moss Bank
- Crank Halt
- Old Mill Lane
- Rookery 1st
- Rookery 2nd
- Rainford Village
- Rainford Junction
- Heys Crossing Halt
- White Moss Halt
- Skelmersdale
- Westhead Halt
- Ormskirk
Heys Crossing Halt
(1911 - 1951)
Hey's Crossing Halt was situated on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway (LYR) Rainford Junction to Ormskirk line which had opened as a through route on March 1 1858.
The line made a connection with the St Helens and Rainford Junction railway at Rainford which allowed for through running
In September 1911, a halt was opened at Hey's Crossing and with the introduction of the railmotor the passenger service was intensified and there were 19 trains in each direction Monday to Saturday
Hey's Crossing Halt had no facilities other than short platforms. Why there was there a station at the location because it only served 2 or 3 farms, plus a few houses about half a mile away
The LMS timetable for the summer of 1947 showed 14 trains to Ormskirk and 13 trains to Rainford Junction on Monday to Saturday and there were 8 trains in each direction on Sundays but St Helens could not be reached as no trains ran from Rainford Junction to the town on Sundays
On 18 June 1951, BR withdrew the passenger service between St Helens and Rainford Junction and closed all of the intermediate stations. They also closed the three halts on the Rainford Junction to Ormskirk line with Heys Crossing Halt on June 16 1951 but a passenger service continued to operated between Rainford Junction and Ormskirk until the line was closed on November 5 1956
Goods services continued to pass through the site of the halt until September 1961 when the section of line between White Moss Crossing and Bushey Lane Junction was closed
Nothing remains of the halt site
In September 1911, a halt was opened at Hey's Crossing and with the introduction of the railmotor the passenger service was intensified and there were 19 trains in each direction Monday to Saturday
Hey's Crossing Halt had no facilities other than short platforms. Why there was there a station at the location because it only served 2 or 3 farms, plus a few houses about half a mile away
The LMS timetable for the summer of 1947 showed 14 trains to Ormskirk and 13 trains to Rainford Junction on Monday to Saturday and there were 8 trains in each direction on Sundays but St Helens could not be reached as no trains ran from Rainford Junction to the town on Sundays
On 18 June 1951, BR withdrew the passenger service between St Helens and Rainford Junction and closed all of the intermediate stations. They also closed the three halts on the Rainford Junction to Ormskirk line with Heys Crossing Halt on June 16 1951 but a passenger service continued to operated between Rainford Junction and Ormskirk until the line was closed on November 5 1956
Goods services continued to pass through the site of the halt until September 1961 when the section of line between White Moss Crossing and Bushey Lane Junction was closed
Nothing remains of the halt site
