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

v t e Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line
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Breckland line Thetford Thetford Bridge Barnham Seven Hills Halt Ingham Bury St Edmunds Ely-Ipswich 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. 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. The B&TR line between Bury St Edmunds and Thetford Bridge was opened on 1 March 1876. The B&TR was purchased by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) in 1878.

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

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.

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) . 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.

External links

• Ingham station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

v t e Closed railway stations in Suffolk
Aldeburgh branch	Leiston Thorpeness Aldeburgh
Framlingham branch	Framlingham Parham Hacheston Halt Marlesford
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway	Haughley Mendlesham Brockford and Wetheringsett Aspall and Thorndon Kenton Worlingworth Horham Stradbroke Wilby Laxfield
Great Eastern Main Line	Mellis Finningham Claydon Bramford Bentley (Suffolk) Bentley Church
Felixstowe branch line	Felixstowe Beach Felixstowe Pier Orwell
Stour Valley Railway	Haverhill Stoke Clare Cavendish Glemsford Long Melford
Long Melford to Bury St Edmunds branch	Lavenham Cockfield Welnetham Bury St Edmunds Eastgate
Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line	Barnham Ingham Seven Hills Halt
Cambridge to Mildenhall railway	Worlington Golf Links Halt Mildenhall
Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway	Lowestoft North Corton
Hadleigh branch	Hadleigh Raydon Wood Capel
Eye Branch	Yaxley Halt Eye
Southwold Railway	Wenhaston Blythburgh Walberswick Southwold
Other lines	Bealings Bungay Haverhill South Haughley Haughley Road Higham Ipswich Stoke Hill Saxham & Risby Newmarket (1848 station) Newmarket Warren Hill

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