Hellifield

CRS Code	HLD
Collected date	16/09/15

We had quite a wait at Hellifield, and then when the train came there was no room for our bikes, so we had to cycle elsewhere to catch another service! It's not such a bad place to wait, though, with log trains pottering about... The station itself a little way north of the village of Hellifield, and the entrance is through a tunnel under the line:

Inside the tunnel subway:

Up one ramp, then turn through 180 degrees up another ramp to reach the platform:

The ramp leads up to platform level. The platforms used by service trains are short and only go as far as the fence in front, though charters use more of the platforms:

Plaques on the station building:

An old weighing scales is now a planter:

Similarly on platform 2 a fence marks off the National Rail part of the platform:

A small waiting area under the canopy at the eastern end of the station building:

Further east along the platform, looking westwards at the end of the canopy:

What looks like a disused bay or similar is fenced off at the eastern end of the station:

Looking west with the disused bay on the right and beyond that the extra canopy that platform 1 has:

Looking east along platform 1:

At the eastern limit of platform 2, looking east:

This signal gantry sits to the east of the station:

The signalbox, with the track branching off on the right along the poorly-served route to Clitheroe:

Looking towards the station buildings from the eastern end of the station:

On platform 1 looking towards the canopy:

Under the canopy on platform 1:

Looking west along the edge of platform 1:

Looking along the disused part of platform 2:

A disused bracket on platform 2 for... what, a clock?

Part way along the platform a corridor links platform 2 to platform 1:

Looking east along platform 2:

A wooden building is on the end of the stone building:

Looking west at the end of the canopy on platform 2:

Mirroring the arrangement at the other end of the station, an extra length of canopy sits alongside a disused bay:

Looking east at the disused west end bay and canopy:

Looking east at the station building and canopies from the western end of platform 1:

Looking west along the line:

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