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Location notes
Located about midway on the Leeds to Carforth. Hellifield is also about 3 miles south east of Settle junction and Located about 10 miles North West of Skipton.
Railway type and traffic
Most of the local services to Carlisle are operated by 156 multiple units.
Local services to Carnforth are operated by 142s, 144s or 156s. There are a number of freight services operated by DB Schenker/Freightliner/DRS.
Local services to Carnforth are operated by 142s, 144s or 156s. There are a number of freight services operated by DB Schenker/Freightliner/DRS.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Hellifield
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Environment
Hellifield is situated on the western side of the Pennines. The weather may change at any time. It would be advisable to have warm clothing to hand.
Road directions
Turn north on to Station Road from the A65(T) once in Hellifield village.
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Hellifield map co-ordinates
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Hellifield map co-ordinates
Parking
There is a car park at the station.
Public transport
There is a train roughly every 2 hours in each direction to Leeds and Carlisle. There are also 4 trains a day from Lancaster and Morecambe.
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Amenities
There is a cafe on the station, open every day until 4pm (except Mondays). There are also shops in the local village.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Hellifield
Streetmap links
Hellifield general view map
Hellifield close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Hellifield
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Hellifield
Googly map
Hellifield general view map
Hellifield close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
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Photographic notes
The station has semaphore signals, so you get a few minutes notice before a train arrives. To the east is Hellifield South Junction. The West Coast diversions and some freight turn off south here ,towards Clitheroe, the rest continue towards Skipton.
Links to photographs at this location
Northern Railways - Helifield
Settle and Carlisle Diversions
General views - All photographs © Craig Allan unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking east
This view shows a diverted service heading away from the station and crossing over to the Clitheroe line to travel onwards to Manchester.
Fig 2 - Looking east
Similar positon ot Fig 1 showing a service arriving at Hellifield.
Fig 3 - Looking west
This view shows a southbound service. The station has some quite ornate iron work. But unfortunately the end of the platform is fenced off at this point. So this is as far as you can get.
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
