Wickham Bishops railway station

Wickham Bishops
Location
Place	Wickham Bishops
Area	Maldon
Coordinates	51°46′24″N 0°38′35″E / 51.7732°N 0.6431°E / 51.7732; 0.6431Coordinates: 51°46′24″N 0°38′35″E / 51.7732°N 0.6431°E / 51.7732; 0.6431
Grid reference	TL824116
Operations
Original company	Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway^[1] Eastern Counties Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms	1
History
2 October 1848	Opened as Wickham^[1]
1 October 1913	Renamed Wickham Bishops^[1]
7 September 1964	Closed
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Wickham Bishops railway station served the village of Wickham Bishops, Essex. It was opened in 1848 by the Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway (MWBR) on a branch line from Witham to Maldon East and Heybridge. The line and station closed to passenger services in 1964 though goods traffic continued for a further two years.

History

The MWBR, which consisted of two branch lines from the Eastern Counties Railway station at Witham, opened for goods traffic on 15 August 1848. Passenger services began on 2 October that year,^[2] and a station originally named Wickham was opened that day.^[1]

The station was renamed Wickham Bishops on 1 October 1913. It, and the rest of the line, closed on 7 September 1964.^[1] The main station building is now a private house.

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. 250. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
↑ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 147. CN 8983.

External links

Wickham Bishops station on navigable 1945 O. S. map

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Witham Line closed, station open		Great Eastern Railway Witham–Maldon branch line		Langford and Ulting Line and station closed

Closed railway stations in Essex

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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

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