Heysham Port is the

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Heysham Heysham ( ) is a coastal town in Lancashire, England, overlooking Morecambe Bay. It is a ferry port, with services to the Isle of Man and Ireland, and the site of two nuclear power stations. Demography Administratively, Heysham is part of th ...

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...

, England. It is served by

Heysham Port railway station Heysham Port is a railway station on the Morecambe Branch Line, which runs between and Heysham Port. The station, situated west of Lancaster, serves Heysham Port in Lancashire. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. Hist ...

History

In 1891, the

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It ama ...

gave notice of its intention to develop a harbour at Heysham and appointed consulting engineers James Abernethy and his son to undertake a feasibility study of the project. The plan was for an enclosed dock accessed through a lock, this idea made no further progress. In 1895, a much larger Heysham port plan was put forward by Messrs James Abernethy & Son, in conjunction with the Midland Railway's chief engineer. This formed the basis of the harbour which was built, although there were many changes as work progressed and the full scheme was never completed. In 1896, an enabling Act of Parliament was obtained for the construction of the harbour and the contract for construction was let in July 1897. The project cost about £3 million. The first ship to dock at Heysham was the ''Antrim'', one of the ships that the Midland Railway had ordered for Heysham services. She came into the harbour on delivery from builders, John Brown at Clydebank on 31 May 1904. The first passenger sailing was a day trip to

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by the ''Londonderry'' on 13 August 1904. Heysham Port was acquired by the

Mersey Docks and Harbour Company The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC), formerly the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (MDHB), owns and administers the dock facilities of the Port of Liverpool, on the River Mersey, England. These include the operation of the enclosed nort ...

in May 2001.

Ships in operation

Ships that operate out of Heysham Port

Current routes

The routes which Heysham port offers: * Heysham - Dublin (Seatruck Ferries) * Heysham - Warrenpoint (Seatruck Ferries) * Heysham - Douglas (Isle of Man Steam Packet Co) * Heysham - Belfast (Stena Line)

References

External links

Official website
{{City of Lancaster Ports and harbours of Lancashire Peel Ports Transport in the City of Lancaster