Maldon East and Heybridge | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Maldon and Heybridge, Maldon, England |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Eastern Counties Railway Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway[1] |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway[1] |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 2 October 1848[1] | Opened as Maldon |
| 1 October 1889[1] | Renamed Maldon East |
| 1 Oct 1907[1] | Renamed Maldon East and Heybridge |
| 7 September 1964[1] | Closed for passengers |
| 1966 | closed completely |
Maldon East and Heybridge railway station served the town of Maldon and village of Heybridge in Essex, England. It was opened in 1848 by the Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway (MWBR) on a branch line from Witham to Maldon. It was originally named Maldon but was renamed Maldon East in 1889 and then Maldon East and Heybridge in 1907.
It was a terminus station located at the end of two branch lines from Witham and Woodham Ferrers. A plan dated 1920 shows that the station had a goods shed and a two-road engine shed. A turntable was situated adjacent to the station building and there were sidings that served the Blackwater Canal and the river wharf.[2]
The line and the station closed to passenger services in 1964 as part of the Beeching closures.
- ^ a b c d e f Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- ^ Goldsmith, P (July 1977). "The Witham - Maldon branch". Great Eastern Railway Society Journal. 11: 3.