Takeley railway station

Takeley
Location
Place Takeley
Area Uttlesford
Coordinates 51°51′59″N 0°16′02″E / 51.8663°N 0.2671°E / 51.8663; 0.2671Coordinates: 51°51′59″N 0°16′02″E / 51.8663°N 0.2671°E / 51.8663; 0.2671
Operations
Original company Bishop's Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree Railway
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Platforms 1
History
22 February 1869 Station opened
3 March 1952 Regular services ceased
1964[1] Excursions services ceased
1966 station completely closed
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Takeley railway station was a station serving the Hockerill area of Takeley in Bishop's Stortford, England.

History

The railway line through Takeley was built by the Bishop's Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree Railway (BSD&BR). The line, including Takeley station, was opened on 22 February 1869, and on the same day the BSD&BR company was absorbed by the Great Eastern Railway.[2][3]

Regular services ended on 3 March 1952, but the station was not formally closed until after August 1961.[3]

The station along with almost all the intermediate stations on the Bishop's Stortford-Braintree branch were little used. The station is extremely close to the station Stane Street, so it was very little used. Takeley had a single platform on the north side of the line. There was a substantial brick building including station masters house, booking office, waiting room and lamp room. There was a small goods yard, also on the north side with a 240' siding used mainly by coal merchants. A second siding also served a D.A. Fyfe and Sons warehouse. A signal box was located on the up side of the line. Although the station closed to passengers in 1952 August Bank Holiday excursions continued to use the line until 1964. Station closed completely in 1966 but the line was through the station remained in operation for freight traffic until 1971.

It closed to passengers along with the rest of the branch because it was unecononic.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/t/takeley/index.shtml
  2. ↑ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 118. CN 8983.
  3. 1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 226. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  4. ↑ "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.

Further reading

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Stane Street   Great Eastern Railway
Bishop's Stortford-Braintree Branch Line		   Easton Lodge
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