Shippea Hill railway station
Railway station in Cambridgeshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shippea Hill railway station (originally Mildenhall Road and later Burnt Fen) is on the Breckland Line in the east of England, serving the Burnt Fen area of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. The line runs between Cambridge in the west and Norwich in the east.
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Location | Burnt Fen, East Cambridgeshire England | ||||
Grid reference | TL641841 | ||||
Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
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Station code | SPP | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
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30 July 1845 | Opened as Mildenhall Road | ||||
1885 | Renamed Burnt Fen | ||||
1904 | Renamed Shippea Hill | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 432 | ||||
2019/20 | 164 | ||||
2020/21 | 36 | ||||
2021/22 | 102 | ||||
2022/23 | 142 | ||||
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Shippea Hill is a request stop 77 miles 17 chains (77.21 miles, 124.26 km) from London Liverpool Street via Cambridge, in one of the few areas within Burnt Fen which rises above sea level. The station is on the A1101 road between Littleport and Mildenhall.
It has been noted for its low patronage. In 2015/16, only twelve passenger entries/exits were recorded at the station.