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Hest Bank North Junction
Hest Bank North Junction is a railway junction in Lan- supervise a pair of level crossings here and at Bolton-Le-
cashire where the Morecambe Branch Line joins the for- Sands.
mer LNWR line (now the WCML) in the down direction The station was the location of a serious accident in
between Lancaster and Carnforth. It is also known as 1965, when a broken rail led to the derailment at speed
Morecambe North Junction. This line is currently being of a southbound sleeping car express.[2][3] There were no
considered to become a community railway. Hest Bank fatalities, although eleven passengers were injured.
railway station was situated here until its closure on 3 Fe-
bruary 1969.[1] Little trace of the old station remains, the
platforms having been demolished prior to the electrifi-
References
cation of the line in 1973. It is also the only location on [1] Photo of old station shortly before closure
the entire 401 mile (643 km) WCML where the coastline Accessed 2008-10-28
and Irish Sea is visible from the railway. [2] Article on Derailment, Carnforth Station Website
This junction, along with Hest Bank South Junction Accessed 2008-10-28,
and Bare Lane Junction forms a triangular junction with [3] Extract from Ministry of Transport Accident
the WCML. This junction is controlled from Preston Pow- Report, Carnforth Station Website Accessed
er Signal Box, although the former signal box remains to 2008-10-28
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