Hilgay railway station was a station in Hilgay, Norfolk, United Kingdom which is now closed. It was on the Fen Line between King's Lynn and Cambridge. It was closed in 1963 along with nearby Stow Bardolph.
Hilgay | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Hilgay, Norfolk England |
| Grid reference | TL589961 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Lynn and Ely Railway[1] East Anglian Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 25 October 1847 | Opened as Hilgay Fen[1] |
| 1 October 1896 | Renamed Hilgay |
| 4 November 1963 | Closed to passengers |
| 13 July 1964 | closed for freight |
Hiams Siding and Hiams Tramway
editOne mile south of Hilgay station, Hiams Siding provided an interchange with the narrow gauge Hiams Tramway, an agricultural tramway which extended 3 km west on a zigzag alignment to the west across the fields of the Hiams Estate to Willow Glen Farm.
Accident
edit- On 1 June 1939, a passenger train, hauled by LNER D16 4-4-0 No. 8783, was in collision with a lorry on an occupation crossing just north of the station and was derailed.[2]
Route
edit| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Littleport Line and station open |
Great Eastern Railway Fen Line |
Ouse Bridge Line open, station closed |
References
edit- ^ a b Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- ^ Earnshaw, Alan (1990). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 6. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 21. ISBN 0-906899-37-0.