Rayne railway station explained

Rayne
Status:Disused
Borough:Braintree
Country:England
Platforms:1
Original:Bishops Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree Railway
Pregroup:Great Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years:22 Feb 1869
Events:Opened
Years1:3 Mar 1952
Events1:Closed for regular passenger traffic
Years2:7 December 1964[1]
Events2:Closed for freight

Rayne railway station was located in Rayne, Essex. The station was 15miles from Bishop's Stortford on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line (Engineer's Line Reference BSB). The station closed in 1952.

History

The station is now the headquarters for the Essex Ranger Service and the visitor centre for the Flitch Way.[2] The building was listed at Grade II by Historic England in July 2015.

Further reading

External links

51.8732°N 0.5063°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Disused Stations: Rayne Station.
  2. Web site: Flitch Way - Discovering Essex - making tracks countryside through the Essex Countryside . 5 November 2008 . 23 December 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111004175858/http://www.essex.gov.uk/Travel-Highways/Cycling-Walking/Documents/FlitchWayLeaflet.pdf . 4 October 2011.