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Hilgay railway station was a station in
Hilgay Hilgay is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, from Downham Market. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,341 at the 2011 Census. For local government purposes, it falls within the district of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. ...
,
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, United Kingdom which is now closed. It was on the Fen Line between King's Lynn and
Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a College town, university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cam ...
. It was closed in 1963 along with nearby
Stow Bardolph Stow Bardolph, sometimes simply referred to as Stow, is an estate and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, lying between King's Lynn and Downham Market on the A10. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,014 in 421 household ...
.


Hiams Siding and Hiams Tramway

One mile south of Hilgay station, Hiams Siding provided an interchange with the narrow gaug
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 was in collision with a
lorry A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, but the vast majority feature body-on-frame constructio ...
on an occupation crossing just north of the station and was derailed.


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Hilgay station on navigable 1946 O.S. map
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hilgay Railway Station Former Great Eastern Railway stations Disused railway stations in Norfolk Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1963 1847 establishments in England