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Cold Norton railway station information


Cold Norton
Location of the railway bridge and railway workers cottages in 1984
General information
LocationCold Norton, Maldon
England
Coordinates51°40′18″N 0°40′26″E / 51.6718°N 0.6738°E / 51.6718; 0.6738
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Eastern Railway[1]
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 October 1889[1]Opened
10 September 1939[1]Closed

Cold Norton railway station served the village of Cold Norton, Essex. It was opened on 1 October 1889 by the Great Eastern Railway on a single-track branch line (Engineer's Line Reference WFM) from Woodham Ferrers to Maldon East. The station was 3 miles 31 chains (5.45 km) from Wickford Junction[2] and had a single platform on the west side of the running line and a passing (goods) loop, a station building, a parcels shed, goods sidings, and a 30-level signal box which was reduced to a ground frame in 1939.[3] The station name was originally Cold Norton for Purleigh and Stow Maries this was later changed to Cold Norton for Latchingdon.[3]

There was a fatal railway accident near Cold Norton in 1899.[4]

The station was closed to passengers in September 1939 but the line remained in use for goods traffic until 1959.[5]

  1. ^ a b c 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. 65. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ^ "ELR Railway codes".
  3. ^ a b Mitchell, Vic (2010). Branch Lines to Southend and Southminster. Midhurst Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-76-5.
  4. ^ "Essex Family History".
  5. ^ David St. John Thomas, Henry Patrick White (1968). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Phoenix House.

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