Shippea Hill railway station

Shippea Hill
Shippea Hill railway station in November 2012
General information
Location	Burnt Fen, East Cambridgeshire England
Grid reference	TL641841
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SPP
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
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
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

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. It is only served by one train per day in one direction on weekdays, with one in both directions on Saturdays and none on Sundays.