Hilgay railway station

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Hilgay
Location
Place Hilgay
Area Norfolk
Grid reference TL589961
Operations
Original company Lynn and Ely Railway[1]
East Anglian Railway
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 2
History
25 October 1847 Opened as Hilgay Fen[1]
1 October 1896 Renamed Hilgay
4 November 1963 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Hilgay railway station was a station in Hilgay, Norfolk, 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.

Accident

  • On 1 June 1939, a passenger train was in collision with a lorry on an occupation crossing just north of the station and was derailed.[2]

Route

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Littleport
Line and station open
  Great Eastern Railway
Fen Line
  Ouse Bridge
Line open, station closed

References

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