title: Hilgay railway station
text: # Hilgay railway station
  
  Hilgay railway station was a station in Hilgay, Norfolk, United Kingdom which is now closed. It was on the Fen Line between King's Lynn and Cambridge. It was closed in 1963 along with nearby Stow Bardolph.
  
  ## Hiams Siding and Hiams Tramway
  
  One mile south of Hilgay station, Hiams Siding provided an interchange with the narrow gauge Hiams Tramway, an agricultural tramway which extended 3 km west on a zigzag alignment to the west across the fields of the Hiams Estate to Willow Glen Farm.
  
  ## Accident
  
  * On 1 June 1939, a passenger train, hauled by LNER D16 4-4-0 No. 8783, was in collision with a lorry on an occupation crossing just north of the station and was derailed.
  
  ## Route
  
  | Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station |
  | - | - | - |
  | Littleport Line and station open | Great Eastern Railway Fen Line | Ouse Bridge Line open, station closed |
  