Thaxted railway station

Former railway station in England

51°56′44″N 0°20′00″E / 51.9456°N 0.3332°E / 51.9456; 0.3332Grid referenceTL604300Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyElsenham & Thaxted Light Railway[1]Pre-groupingGreat Eastern RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern RailwayKey dates1 April 1913Opened[1]15 September 1952Closed[1]

Thaxted railway station served the village of Thaxted, Essex. It was located 5 miles 47 chains (8.99 km) from Elsenham station.[2] It closed in 1952.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Cutlers Green Halt   Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway   Terminus

References

  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. 228. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  2. ^ "ELR: ELT mileages".
  • Paye, Peter. The Thaxted & Elsenham light railway. Locomotion Papers, no. 96.
  • Paye, Peter (1984). The Thaxted Branch. Oxford Publishing Co. ISBN 978-0-86093-184-3.

External links

  • Thaxted station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
  • "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
  • Photograph of engine shed 1950
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Closed railway stations in Essex
Colne Valley and Halstead Railway
Saffron Walden RailwayKelvedon and Tollesbury Light RailwayElsenham & Thaxted Light RailwayWitham to Maldon branch lineMaldon–Woodham FerrersBishop's Stortford–Braintree branch lineCorringham Light Railway
Epping to Ongar branchOther lines


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