Tollesbury Pier railway station

Closed railway station in Essex, England

Tollesbury Pier
The station in c. 1907
General information
Location	Tollesbury, Maldon England
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Key dates
15 May 1907	Opened
17 July 1921	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.^[1] The station was 10 miles 8 chains (16.25 km) from Kelvedon Low Level railway station.^[2]

The c. 1.5-mile extension from the existing terminus at Tollesbury 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.^[3]

References

^ 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. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
^ "ELR: KET mileages".
^ "Steaming into Tiptree Railway Station - The Crab and Winkle story". TiptreeTurner Website. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008.