Ingham railway station

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

For the railway station in Australia, see Ingham railway station, Queensland.

Ingham
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

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.[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
  1. 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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