Seven Hills Halt railway station
| Seven Hills Halt | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Ingham |
| Area | St Edmundsbury |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Thetford and Watton Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| History | |
| 1 March 1876 | Station opened |
| 8 June 1953 | Station closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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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.
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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 | ||
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| Barnham | Great Eastern Railway Thetford-Bury St Edmunds Line |
Ingham | ||
References
- ↑ http://www.mulehouse.myzen.co.uk/stations/refs/S.htm
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- ↑ Awdry 1990, p. 166
- ↑ McCarthy, McCarthy & Cobb 2007, map 26
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