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{{Short description|Former railway station in England}}
{{for|the railway station in Australia|Ingham railway station, Queensland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Ingham
| status              = Disused
| image               = 
| borough             = [[Ingham, Suffolk|Ingham]], [[West Suffolk (district)|West Suffolk]]
| country             = England
| platforms           = 1
| original            = [[Thetford and Watton Railway]]
| pregroup            = [[Great Eastern Railway]]
| postgroup           = [[London and North Eastern Railway]]
| years               = {{Start date|1876|03|1|df=yes}}
| events              = Station opened
| years1              = {{end date|1953|06|08|df=y}}
| events1             = Station closed
}}
'''Ingham railway station''' was a railway station in [[Ingham, Suffolk|Ingham]], [[Suffolk]] which was located was on the route between [[Thetford]] and [[Bury St Edmunds]].

{{Thetford to Bury St Edmunds 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.<ref name=Awdry120>{{cite book |last=Awdry |first=Christopher |author-link=Christopher Awdry |title=Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies |year=1990 |publisher=Guild Publishing |location=London |id=CN 8983 |page=120 }}</ref> 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 {{stnlnk|Thetford}}, a curve was built so that T&WR trains from {{stnlnk|Swaffham}} could run directly to the Bury St Edmunds line without reversing at Thetford.<ref>{{cite book |last1=McCarthy |first1=Colin |last2=McCarthy |first2=David |last3=Cobb |first3=Michael |editor-last=Waller |editor-first=Peter |title=Railways of Britain: Norfolk and Suffolk |date=August 2007 |publisher=[[Ian Allan Publishing|Ian Allan]] |location=Hersham |isbn=978-0-7110-3223-1 |id=0708/c1 |page=6 }}</ref> The B&TR line between {{stnlnk|Bury St Edmunds}} and {{stnlnk|Thetford Bridge}} was opened on 1 March 1876.<ref>{{cite book |last=Allen |first=Cecil J. |author-link=Cecil J. Allen |title=The Great Eastern Railway |edition=2nd |year=1956 |orig-year=1955 |publisher=[[Ian Allan Publishing|Ian Allan]] |location=Hampton Court |page=217 }}</ref> The B&TR was purchased by the [[Great Eastern Railway]] (GER) in 1878.<ref name=Awdry120 />

Trains on the B&TR were operated by the T&WR until 1879, when operation was taken over by the GER;<ref>{{harvnb|Awdry|1990|p=166}}</ref> after this, trains from Bury began to run to Thetford; the east to south curve at Thetford Bridge was not used after 1880.<ref>{{harvnb|McCarthy|McCarthy|Cobb|2007|loc=map 26}}</ref> Thetford Bridge was then the last station before {{stnlnk|Thetford}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Conolly |first=W. Philip |title=British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer |edition=5th |date=January 1976 |publisher=[[Ian Allan Publishing|Ian Allan]] |location=Shepperton |isbn=0-7110-0320-3 |id=EX/0176 |at=p. 12, section B5 }}</ref>

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.<ref>British Railways Atlas.1947. p.12</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Heard|first1=Paul|last2=Salt|first2=Vic|last3=Jenkins|first3=Stanley|last4=Summers|first4=Alan|last5=Joby|first5=Richard|last6=Robertson|first6=Alic|title=Ingham station and Seven Hills Halt|journal=Great Eastern Journal|date=April 1998|pages=34, 35}}</ref>
[[File:Disused railway bridge, Ingham Suffolk.jpg|thumb|Railway bridge carrying footpath over the line the South of Ingham railway station]]

{{Disused Rail Start}}
{{Rail line|previous=[[Seven Hills Halt railway station|Seven Hills Halt]]|next=[[Bury St Edmunds railway station|Bury St Edmunds]]|route=[[Great Eastern Railway]]<br />[[Thetford to Bury St Edmunds line|Thetford-Bury St Edmunds Line]] |col={{GER colour}} }}
{{S-end}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#585,270,1 Ingham station on navigable 1946 O. S. map]

{{Closed stations Suffolk}}

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[[Category:Disused railway stations in Suffolk]]
[[Category:Former Great Eastern Railway stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1876]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953]]
[[Category:Borough of St Edmundsbury]]


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