Hilgay railway station

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
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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

1. Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
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

Coordinates: 52°32′23″N 0°20′30″E / 52.5396°N 0.3416°E