Stow St Mary Halt railway station explained

Stow St Mary Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Stow Maries, Maldon
Country:England
Coordinates:51.6612°N 0.6514°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Original:London and North Eastern Railway
Postgroup:London and North Eastern Railway
Years1:24 September 1928
Events1:Opened
Years2:10 September 1939
Events2:Closed

Stow St. Mary Halt railway station was a halt that served the village of Stow Maries, Essex.

It was opened on 24 September 1928 by the London and North Eastern Railway on the single-track branch line (Engineer's Line Reference WFM) that the Great Eastern Railway had opened on 1 October 1889 linking Woodham Ferrers to Maldon East. The station served the village of Stow Maries, but the station was named differently supposedly on the insistence of the vicar.[1]

It was closed in September 1939 but the line remained in use for goods traffic until 1959[2] or 1953.[3] It is now Stow Maries Halt nature reserve, which is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Mitchell, Vic. Branch Lines to Southend and Southminster. Middleton Press. 2010. 978-1-906008-76-5. Midhurst Sussex.
  2. Book: A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. 1968. Phoenix House. David St. John Thomas, Henry Patrick White.
  3. Book: Passengers No More . G. . Daniels . L.A. . Dench . 1963 . September 1964 . Ian Allan . Shepperton . VPNM/1354/138/CXX-964 . 72 .