Ardleigh railway station

Ardleigh railway station served the village of Ardleigh in Essex, England. The station was situated on the Great Eastern Main Line.

Ardleigh
Location of the station (1991)
Location
PlaceArdleigh
AreaTendring
Operations
Original companyEastern Union Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
Platforms2
History
15 June 1846Station opens
6 November 1967Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

History

Opened by the Eastern Union Railway, then absorbed by the Great Eastern Railway, it joined the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

There were sidings on both the down and up side at the London end of the station.[1] Those on the up side included goods sheds and handled both horticultural and seed traffics until the goods service was closed on 7 December 1964.[2]

The station was then closed for passenger traffic by the British Railways Board on 6 November 1967.[3]

The site today

Trains pass the site on the electrified Great Eastern Main Line.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Manningtree
Line and station open		   Eastern Region of British Railways
Great Eastern Main Line		   Colchester
Line and station open

References
  1. Mitchell, Victor E. (April 2011). Eastern Main Lines - Shenfield to Ipswich. Midhurst: Middleton Press. Plan XI. ISBN 978 1 906008 96 3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Mitchell 2011, Plate 92
  3. Mitchell 2011, Plate 93

Further reading
  • 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. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

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