Heeley railway station

Heeley railway station was a train station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The station served the communities of Heeley, Meersbrook and Lowfield and was situated on the Midland Main Line near London Road on Heeley Bridge, lying between Sheffield Midland station and Millhouses railway station.

The station was opened at the same time as the main line from Chesterfield was opened in 1870 and had four platforms although only two were in general use as there were two slow and two fast lines. Heeley station was unusual as it was an elevated station with subway access from below to the platforms. It closed in June 1968 at the same time as Millhouses railway station. The station building still exists and is used as a spare car parts shop, though no trace of the platforms remain.

The subway is also still present although both entrances have been blocked in; the entrance on London Road can clearly be seen and iron railings are present, as well as lots of trees which grow there now.

The station was built high up alongside London Road, a major arterial road (previously called London Road South), and the massive railway stonework dominates the district of Heeley Bottom. When it was built the main road and River Sheaf were diverted so that the station had enough space for all its platforms and sidings. Today all that can be seen is an overgrown forbidden wasteland with the modern railway running through the middle on a pair of lines. At either end of the former station are the remains of huge railway bridges which still stand in part, where the slow lines ran alongside the remaining fast line.

The station entrance was opposite a cinema, the Electric Palace.

Aside from the two lines of track still in use, the station covers a significant area. Many Sheffield people with an interest in local transport have suggested that a Supertram stop could be sited here, if the proposed Dore Extension is built.

Unlike the Beauchief and Millhouses stations further south down the line, few pictures exist of Heeley station in operation because of its elevated position, the other two stations were alongside road bridges where the platforms could be photographed from, whereas Heeley station was the tallest structure within its surroundings.