Maldon West railway station

Maldon West
Location
Place	Maldon
Area	Maldon
Operations
Original company	Great Eastern Railway^[1]
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
History
1 October 1889^[1]	Opened as Maldon West
22 May 1916^[1]	Closed
1 August 1919^[1]	Reopened as Maldon West Halt
10 September 1939^[1]	Permanently closed
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Maldon West railway station served the town of Maldon, Essex. It was opened in 1889 by the Great Eastern Railway on a branch line from Woodham Ferrers. It was closed in 1916 during World War I but reopened as a halt in 1919.

The station was permanently closed to passenger services in 1939 but the line remained in use for goods traffic until 1959.

References

1 2 3 4 5 Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 153. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.

External links

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Maldon East and Heybridge		Great Eastern Railway Maldon to Woodham Ferrers branch line		Barons Lane Halt

Closed railway stations in Essex

Colne Valley and Halstead Railway	Birdbrook Whitley Yeldham Sible and Castle Hedingham Halstead Earls Colne White Colne

Saffron Walden Railway	Acrow Halt Ashdon Halt Saffron Walden

Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway	Kelvedon Low Level Feering Halt Inworth Tiptree Tolleshunt Knights Tolleshunt d'Arcy Tollesbury Tollesbury Pier

Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway	Mill Road Halt Henham Halt Sibleys Cutlers Green Halt Thaxted

Witham to Maldon branch line	Wickham Bishops Langford and Ulting Maldon East and Heybridge

Maldon to Woodham Ferrers	Maldon West Barons Lane Halt Cold Norton Stow St Mary Halt

Bishop's Stortford-Braintree Branch Line	Stane Street Halt Takeley Easton Lodge Dunmow Felsted Bannister Green Halt Rayne

Corringham Light Railway	Corringham Coryton

Epping to Ongar branch	Blake Hall

Other lines	Ardleigh Bradfield Brightlingsea Low Street Parkeston Quay West Purfleet Rifle Range Thorington Sturmer Thames Haven Tilbury Marine Tilbury Riverside

Coordinates: 51°43′34″N 0°39′57″E / 51.7262°N 0.6659°E / 51.7262; 0.6659

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