Cold Norton railway station

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 West. 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]

Cold Norton
Location of the railway bridge and railway workers cottages in 1984
LocationCold Norton, Maldon
England
Coordinates51.6718°N 0.6738°E / 51.6718; 0.6738
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Eastern Railway[1]
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 October 1889[1]Opened
10 September 1939[1]Closed

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
  1. Butt, R. V. J. (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.
  2. "ELR Railway codes".
  3. Mitchell, Vic (2010). Branch Lines to Southend and Southminster. Midhurst Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-76-5.
  4. "Essex Family History".
  5. David St. John Thomas, Henry Patrick White (1968). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Phoenix House.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Barons Lane Halt   Great Eastern Railway
Maldon to Woodham Ferrers branch line		   Stow St. Mary Halt


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