Hilgay Railway Station and goods yard (Closed)

 abandoned / shut down, former train/railway station

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The site of Hilgay Railway Station. Opened as 'Hilgay Fen' on 25 October 1847 and renamed on 1 October 1896, the station closed on 4 November 1963.

The station and goods yard had a signal box in a similar style to those built at Littleport and Downham Market and a picture of Hilgay's signal box can be viewed here: www.signalbox.org/gallery/e/hilgay.php . The signal box was downgraded to a crossing keeper's cabin in the late 1970s and finally demolished in 1982 when the level crossing at the site was automated.

The site of the station can be identified in the landscape and the extent of the goods yard is clearly evident on the eastern side of the now singled line.

As of Feb 2013 the Google Streetview service shows the original gateposts at the entrance to the station site remain in situ.