Hilgay railway station explained

Hilgay
Status:Disused
Borough:Hilgay, Norfolk
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Lynn and Ely Railway
East Anglian Railway
Pregroup:Great Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:25 October 1847
Events:Opened as Hilgay Fen
Years1:1 October 1896
Events1:Renamed Hilgay
Years2:4 November 1963
Events2:Closed to passengers
Years3:13 July 1964
Events3: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

External links

52.5396°N 0.3416°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Earnshaw, Alan. Trains in Trouble: Vol. 6. Atlantic Books. 1990. 0-906899-37-0. Penryn. 21.