Maldon West | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Maldon, Maldon |
Country: | England |
Platforms: | 2 |
Original: | Great Eastern Railway |
Pregroup: | Great Eastern Railway |
Postgroup: | London and North Eastern Railway |
Years: | 1 October 1889 |
Events: | Opened as Maldon West |
Years1: | 22 May 1916 |
Events1: | Closed |
Years2: | 1 August 1919 |
Events2: | Reopened as Maldon West Halt |
Years3: | 10 September 1939 |
Events3: | Permanently closed |
Maldon West railway station served the town of Maldon, Essex. It was opened on 1 October 1889 by the Great Eastern Railway on a branch line from Woodham Ferrers to Maldon. It was closed in 1916 during World War I but reopened as a halt in 1919. The Engineer's Line Reference for the line is WFM, the station was 7miles from Wickford Junction.[1]
The station was permanently closed to passenger services in September 1939 but the line remained in use for goods traffic until 1959.