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. 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.
  2. Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 147. CN 8983.

External links

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
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