1976 Shippea Hill Railway Crossing Accident

Shippea Hill railway station is on the Breckland Line in the east of England, serving the Burnt Fen area of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. The line runs between in the west and in the east. Shippea Hill is a request stop situated between and stations, down-line from London Liverpool Street via Cambridge, in one of the few areas within Burnt Fen which rises just above sea level. The station is on the A1101 road between Littleport and Mildenhall, and is about 1. 3 km from the tripoint of the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. Least-used railway stationIt is one of the least-used railway stations in Britain. According to Office of Rail and Road estimates, it had just twelve passenger entries /exits in 2013 /14, which made it the second least-used station in the country behind, which had eight. In 2014 /15, patronage went up to 22, but despite this increase, it became the least-used station in Britain, as the number at Teesside Airport increased to 32. In 2015 /16, patronage fell back down to 12, and the station continued to hold the least-used title. Due to its unique status, it sometimes attracts attempts to boost its numbers, including when in December 2016 a finalist from The Great British Bake Off attracted 16 people there by handing out free mince pies. In June 2017, 19 people travelled from Shippea Hill for All The Stations, a video documentary project to visit every station in Great Britain.

Shippea Hill railway station is on the Breckland Line in the east of England, serving the Burnt Fen area of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. The line runs between in the west and in the east. Shippea Hill is a request stop situated between and stations, down-line from London Liverpool Street via Cambridge, in one of the few areas within Burnt Fen which rises just above sea level. The station is on the A1101 road between Littleport and Mildenhall, and is about 1. 3 km from the tripoint of the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. Least-used railway stationIt is one of the least-used railway stations in Britain. According to Office of Rail and Road estimates, it had just twelve passenger entries /exits in 2013 /14, which made it the second least-used station in the country behind, which had eight. In 2014 /15, patronage went up to 22, but despite this increase, it became the least-used station in Britain, as the number at Teesside Airport increased to 32. In 2015 /16, patronage fell back down to 12, and the station continued to hold the least-used title. Due to its unique status, it sometimes attracts attempts to boost its numbers, including when in December 2016 a finalist from The Great British Bake Off attracted 16 people there by handing out free mince pies. In June 2017, 19 people travelled from Shippea Hill for All The Stations, a video documentary project to visit every station in Great Britain.