Seven Hills Halt railway station

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.^[4] After assistance was given by the Thetford and Watton Railway (T&WR), 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.^[5] The B&TR line between Bury St Edmunds and Thetford Bridge was opened on 1 March 1876.^[6] The B&TR was purchased by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) in 1878.^[4]

Trains on the B&TR were operated by the T&WR until 1879, when operation was taken over by the GER;^[7] after this, trains from Bury began to run to Thetford; the east to south curve at Thetford Bridge was not used after 1880.^[8] Thetford Bridge was then the last station before Thetford.^[9]

• Seven Hills Halt station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

52°20′02″N 0°43′33″E / 52.3339°N 0.7257°E / 52.3339; 0.7257