Place Wickham Bishops Grid reference TL824116 Platforms in use 1 | Area Maldon Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway | |
Original company Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway
Eastern Counties Railway Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway Original companies Maldon District, Eastern Counties Railway Similar Maldon West railway st, Acrow Halt railway station, Tolleshunt d'Arcy railway st, Kelvedon Low Level railway st, Cold Norton railway st | ||
Wickham Bishops railway station served the village of Wickham Bishops, Essex. It was opened in 1848 by the Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway (MWBR) on a branch line from Witham to Maldon East and Heybridge. The line and station closed to passenger services in 1964 though goods traffic continued for a further two years.
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Map of Wickham Place, Station Rd, Wickham Bishops, Witham CM8 3JB, UK
History
The MWBR, which consisted of two branch lines from the Eastern Counties Railway station at Witham, opened for goods traffic on 15 August 1848. Passenger services began on 2 October that year, and a station originally named Wickham was opened that day.
The station was renamed Wickham Bishops on 1 October 1913. It, and the rest of the line, closed on 7 September 1964. The main station building is now a private house.
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