Cold Norton railway station

Cold Norton

Location of the railway bridge and railway workers cottages in 1984
Location
Place Cold Norton
Area Maldon
Coordinates 51°40′18″N 0°40′26″E / 51.6718°N 0.6738°E / 51.6718; 0.6738Coordinates: 51°40′18″N 0°40′26″E / 51.6718°N 0.6738°E / 51.6718; 0.6738
Operations
Original company Great Eastern Railway[1]
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 1
History
1 October 1889[1] Opened
10 September 1939[1] Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Cold Norton railway station served the village of Cold Norton, Essex. It was opened in 1889 by the Great Eastern Railway on a single-track branch line from Woodham Ferrers to Maldon West.

It was closed in 1939 but the line remained in use for goods traffic until 1959.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 65. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
  2. David St. John Thomas, Henry Patrick White (1968). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Phoenix House.

External links

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Barons Lane Halt   Great Eastern Railway
Maldon to Woodham Ferrers branch line
  Stow St. Mary Halt
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