Hensall railway station
Hensall railway station serves the village of Hensall in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Pontefract Line and is 22 miles east of Leeds. The line is used regularly by the freight companies GB Railfreight, Freightliner and DB Cargo UK that transport coal and limestone to Drax and remove the gypsum created by the flue-gas treatment equipment.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “HEL”, “Hensall Railway Station”, and “Hensall Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Paul’s Church, Hensall and Whitley Bridge railway station.
St Paul’s Church, Hensall
Church
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Paul's Church is the parish church of Hensall, North Yorkshire, a village in England. Until the mid-19th century, Hensall formed part of the parish of St Laurence's Church, Snaith. St Paul’s Church, Hensall is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Hensall railway station.
Whitley Bridge railway station
Railway station
Photo: Adambro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Whitley Bridge railway station serves the villages of Eggborough and Whitley in North Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Pontefract Line and is 20 miles east of Leeds. Whitley Bridge railway station is situated 2 miles west of Hensall railway station.
Eggborough power station
Photo: Paul Glazzard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eggborough power station was a coal-fired power station in North Yorkshire, England, which was capable of co-firing biomass. It was situated on the River Aire, between the towns of Knottingley and Snaith, deriving its name from the nearby village of Eggborough. Eggborough power station is situated 1 mile northwest of Hensall railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hensall and Great Heck.
Hensall
Village
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hensall is a village and civil parish in the English county of North Yorkshire.
Great Heck
Village
Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Heck is a small village in Heck parish, about 7 miles south of Selby, North Yorkshire, England. The population of the parish was 201 at the 2011 census.
Eggborough
Village
Photo: Iain Macaulay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eggborough is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, close to the county borders with South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the East Riding. Eggborough is situated 1½ miles west of Hensall railway station.
Hensall railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Hensall, Selby District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.69849° or 53° 41′ 55″ northLongitude
-1.11466° or 1° 6′ 53″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Operator
Northern TrainsNetwork
National RailAbbreviation
“HEL”Open location code
9C5WMVXP+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 157586175OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=station
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Hensall railway station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “station Hensall”
- Dutch: “Station Hensall”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطة هينسال”
- French: “gare de Hensall”
- French: “Hensall”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hensall railway station”. Photo: Gordon Kneale Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.