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Hilgay railway station

Coordinates: 52°32′23″N 0°20′30″E / 52.5396°N 0.3416°E / 52.5396; 0.3416
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Hilgay
General information
LocationHilgay, Norfolk
England
Grid referenceTL589961
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLynn and Ely Railway[1]
East Anglian Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
25 October 1847Opened as Hilgay Fen[1]
1 October 1896Renamed Hilgay
4 November 1963Closed to passengers
13 July 1964closed 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

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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

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Route

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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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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Earnshaw, Alan (1990). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 6. Penryn: Atlantic Books. p. 21. ISBN 0-906899-37-0.
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52°32′23″N 0°20′30″E / 52.5396°N 0.3416°E / 52.5396; 0.3416