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Ingham railway station

Coordinates: 52°18′17″N 0°43′22″E / 52.3046°N 0.7227°E / 52.3046; 0.7227
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Ingham
General information
LocationIngham, West Suffolk
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyThetford and Watton Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 March 1876 (1876-03-01)Station opened
8 June 1953 (1953-06-08)Station closed

Ingham railway station was a railway station in Ingham, Suffolk which was located was on the route between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds.

History

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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.[1] After assistance was given by the Thetford and Watton Railway (T&WR, see Bury and Thetford (Swaffham Branch)), 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.[2] The B&TR line between Bury St Edmunds and Thetford Bridge was opened on 1 March 1876.[3] The B&TR was purchased by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) in 1878.[1]

Trains on the B&TR were operated by the T&WR until 1879, when operation was taken over by the GER;[4] after this, trains from Bury began to run to Thetford; the east to south curve at Thetford Bridge was not used after 1880.[5] Thetford Bridge was then the last station before Thetford.[6]

The station was closed to passenger traffic on 8 June 1953 although goods traffic lingered on for a few years before withdrawal on 24 June 1960. The station had a single platform with a ticket office and a small goods yard.[7][8]

Railway bridge carrying footpath over the line the South of Ingham railway station


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Seven Hills Halt   Great Eastern Railway
Thetford-Bury St Edmunds Line
  Bury St Edmunds

References

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  1. ^ a b Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 120. CN 8983.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Allen, Cecil J. (1956) [1955]. The Great Eastern Railway (2nd ed.). Hampton Court: Ian Allan. p. 217.
  4. ^ Awdry 1990, p. 166
  5. ^ McCarthy, McCarthy & Cobb 2007, map 26
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ British Railways Atlas.1947. p.12
  8. ^ Heard, Paul; Salt, Vic; Jenkins, Stanley; Summers, Alan; Joby, Richard; Robertson, Alic (April 1998). "Ingham station and Seven Hills Halt". Great Eastern Journal: 34, 35.
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52°18′17″N 0°43′22″E / 52.3046°N 0.7227°E / 52.3046; 0.7227