Seven Hills Halt railway station

Seven Hills Halt
General information
LocationIngham, West Suffolk
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
20 December 1922[1]Station opened
8 June 1953 (1953-06-08)Station closed

Seven Hills Halt railway station was a railway station in Suffolk, England on the branch line between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds.[2] It was closed in 1953,[3] along with the rest of the branch.

History

The railway line between Bury St Edmunds and Thetford was proposed by the Bury St Edmunds and Thetford Railway (B&TR) and authorised on 5 July 1865; but the company had problems in raising the necessary money.[4] After assistance was given by the Thetford and Watton Railway (T&WR), the plan was modified, and instead of running to the main station at Thetford, a curve was built so that T&WR trains from Swaffham could run directly to the Bury St Edmunds line without reversing at Thetford.[5] The B&TR line between Bury St Edmunds and Thetford Bridge was opened on 1 March 1876.[6] The B&TR was purchased by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) in 1878.[4]

Trains on the B&TR were operated by the T&WR until 1879, when operation was taken over by the GER;[7] after this, trains from Bury began to run to Thetford; the east to south curve at Thetford Bridge was not used after 1880.[8] Thetford Bridge was then the last station before Thetford.[9]

Former Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Barnham   Great Eastern Railway
Thetford-Bury St Edmunds Line 		  Ingham

References

  1. ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 405
  2. ^ "Railway Station Photograph database". Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 208. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  4. ^ a b Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 120. CN 8983.
  5. ^ McCarthy, Colin; McCarthy, David; Cobb, Michael (August 2007). Waller, Peter (ed.). Railways of Britain: Norfolk and Suffolk. Hersham: Ian Allan. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7110-3223-1. 0708/c1.
  6. ^ Allen, Cecil J. (1956) [1955]. The Great Eastern Railway (2nd ed.). Hampton Court: Ian Allan. p. 217.
  7. ^ Awdry 1990, p. 166
  8. ^ McCarthy, McCarthy & Cobb 2007, map 26
  9. ^ Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 12, section B5. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3. EX/0176.

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