Hilgay railway station

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

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.

Hiams Siding and Hiams Tramway

One 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

• 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

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

References

1. 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.
2. Earnshaw, Alan (1990). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 6. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 21. ISBN   0-906899-37-0.

External links

• Hilgay station on navigable 1946 O.S. map

52°32′23″N0°20′30″E / 52.5396°N 0.3416°E / 52.5396; 0.3416