Seven Hills Halt railway station
Seven Hills Halt | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Ingham, West Suffolk England |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Thetford and Watton Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 March 1876 | Station opened |
| 8 June 1953 | Station closed |
Seven Hills Halt railway station was a railway station in Suffolk, England on the branch line between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds.[1] It was closed in 1953,[2] along with the rest of the branch.
Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.[3] 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.[4] The B&TR line between Bury St Edmunds and Thetford Bridge was opened on 1 March 1876.[5] The B&TR was purchased by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) in 1878.[3]
Trains on the B&TR were operated by the T&WR until 1879, when operation was taken over by the GER;[6] after this, trains from Bury began to run to Thetford; the east to south curve at Thetford Bridge was not used after 1880.[7] Thetford Bridge was then the last station before Thetford.[8]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnham | Great Eastern Railway Thetford-Bury St Edmunds Line |
Ingham |
References
- ^ http://www.mulehouse.myzen.co.uk/stations/refs/S.htm
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 208. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ a b Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 120. CN 8983.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Allen, Cecil J. (1956) [1955]. The Great Eastern Railway (2nd ed.). Hampton Court: Ian Allan. p. 217.
- ^ Awdry 1990, p. 166
- ^ McCarthy, McCarthy & Cobb 2007, map 26
- ^ 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.
