Crossways railway station

Crossways
Location
Place Jaywick
Area Essex
Coordinates 51°46′49″N 1°06′54″E / 51.7802°N 1.115°E / 51.7802; 1.115Coordinates: 51°46′49″N 1°06′54″E / 51.7802°N 1.115°E / 51.7802; 1.115
Operations
Original company Jaywick Miniature Railway
Platforms 1
History
31 July 1936 station opens
September 1939 station closes
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Crossways railway station was the upper terminus of the short-lived Jaywick Miniature Railway in Essex, England.[1]

Crossways had a single platform made of concrete (that at Jaywick Sands was of wood) which had bench seating and palisade fencing. The station had a water tank and a coal bunker. The tank would seem to have been moved some time after opening. Beside the station was a large sales office used by Tudor Estate Company which marketed Jaywick as a resort.[2]

The station closed along with the line in 1939, and unlike Jaywick Sands, did not reopen for the 1949 season. The site of the station is now beneath the front garden of a private residence. When foundations were excavated there for a new front wall, the old concrete platform was uncovered by accident.[3]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus   Jaywick Miniature Railway   Jaywick Sands

References

  1. ↑ Mitchell, V. Branch Lines to Clacton and Walton. 2011. Middleton Press. pp.95-97
  2. ↑ Little, L. A Single to the Seashore, The Jaywick Miniature Railway.Narrow Gauge Railway Society. p.10
  3. ↑ Little, L. A Single to the Seashore, The Jaywick Miniature Railway.Narrow Gauge Railway Society. p.23
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