Tollesbury Pier railway station explained

Tollesbury Pier
Status:Disused
Borough:Tollesbury, Maldon
Country:England
Platforms:1
Original:Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway
Pregroup:Great Eastern Railway
Years:15 May 1907
Events:Opened
Years1:17 July 1921
Events1:Closed

Tollesbury Pier railway station was a short-lived terminus of an extension of the Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway, serving Tollesbury's pier on the River Blackwater in Essex. The station was opened in 1907. The station was 10miles from Kelvedon Low Level railway station.[1]

The 1.5-mile extension from the existing terminus at to Tollesbury Pier never brought the expected traffic. During World War I the pier was used for troop training on the river and was subsequently closed to passengers in 1921. The government took over the pier during World War II and erected defences along it.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ELR: KET mileages.
  2. Web site: Steaming into Tiptree Railway Station - The Crab and Winkle story . TiptreeTurner Website . https://web.archive.org/web/20080511224943/http://www.tiptreeturner.co.uk/crabandwinkle.html . 2008-05-11.