Hilgay railway station

Former railway station in England

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

^ ^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.

External links

Hilgay station on navigable 1946 O.S. map

Disused railway stations of Norfolk

Great Eastern
Railway

Great Eastern Main Line	Norwich Victoria Trowse Swainsthorpe Flordon Forncett Tivetshall Burston
Breckland line	Spinks Lane Roudham Junction Hethersett
Fen line & environs	Denver Emneth Hilgay Holme Magdalen Gate Middle Drove Ouse Bridge Smeeth Road St Germain's Stow Bardolph Walsoken
Downham and Stoke Ferry Railway	Abbey and West Dereham Ryston Stoke Ferry
King's Lynn to Dereham	Middleton Towers East Winch Bilney Narborough & Pentney Swaffham Sporle Dunham Fransham Wendling Scarning
King's Lynn to Hunstanton	North Wootton Wolferton Dersingham Snettisham Heacham Hunstanton
Heacham to Wells	Sedgeford Docking Stanhoe Burnham Market Holkham Wells
Waveney Valley line	Pulham Market Pulham St Mary Starston Harleston Redenhall Wortwell Homersfield Earsham Ditchingham Ellingham Geldeston
Wymondham to Wroxham Line	Hardingham North Elmham County School Foulsham Reepham Cawston
Other lines	Aldeby Belton & Burgh Holme Hale Ashwellthorpe Fakenham East Haddiscoe Haddiscoe High Level Roudham Junction Ryburgh Stow Bedon St Olaves Thetford Bridge Walsingham Watton Whitlingham Wighton Halt Wretham & Hockham

Midland and
Great Northern

Norwich to Cromer Branch	Norwich City Hellesdon Drayton Attlebridge Lenwade Whitwell & Reepham Guestwick Hindolvestone Melton Constable Holt
Walpole to Melton Constable	Walpole Terrington Clenchwarton South Lynn Gayton Road Grimston Road Hillington Massingham East Rudham Raynham Park Fakenham West Thursford
Melton Constable to Great Yarmouth Branch	Corpusty and Saxthorpe Bluestone Aylsham North Felmingham North Walsham Town Honing Stalham Sutton Staithe Halt Catfield Potter Heigham Potter Heigham Bridge Halt Martham Hemsby Little Ormesby Halt Great Ormesby Scratby Halt California Halt Caister Camp Halt Caister-on-Sea Newtown Halt Yarmouth Beach

Norfolk and
Suffolk

Cromer to North Walsham	Cromer Links Halt Overstrand Sidestrand Halt Trimingham Mundesley-on-Sea Paston & Knapton
Great Yarmouth to Hopton	Yarmouth South Town Gorleston North Gorleston Gorleston Links Hopton