Cold Norton railway station

Former railway station in England

51°40′18″N 0°40′26″E / 51.6718°N 0.6738°E / 51.6718; 0.6738Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyGreat Eastern Railway^[1]Pre-groupingGreat Eastern RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern RailwayKey dates1 October 1889^[1]Opened10 September 1939^[1]Closed

Cold Norton railway station served the village of Cold Norton, Essex. It was opened on 1 October 1889 by the Great Eastern Railway on a single-track branch line (Engineer's Line Reference WFM) from Woodham Ferrers to Maldon East. The station was 3 miles 31 chains (5.45 km) from Wickford Junction^[2] and had a single platform on the west side of the running line and a passing (goods) loop, a station building, a parcels shed, goods sidings, and a 30-level signal box which was reduced to a ground frame in 1939.^[3] The station name was originally Cold Norton for Purleigh and Stow Maries this was later changed to Cold Norton for Latchingdon.^[3]

There was a fatal railway accident near Cold Norton in 1899.^[4]

The station was closed to passengers in September 1939 but the line remained in use for goods traffic until 1959.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
^ "ELR Railway codes".
^ ^a ^b Mitchell, Vic (2010). Branch Lines to Southend and Southminster. Midhurst Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-76-5.
^ "Essex Family History".
^ David St. John Thomas, Henry Patrick White (1968). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Phoenix House.