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]