Kelvedon Low Level railway station

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Kelvedon Low Level
Kelvedon (Low Level) station, 1950 (geograph 5128586).jpg
The station in 1950
General information
Location Kelvedon, Braintree
England
Coordinates 51°50′30″N0°42′16″E / 51.8418°N 0.7045°E / 51.8418; 0.7045
Grid reference TL864194
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 October 1904Opened
7 May 1951Closed

Kelvedon Low Level railway station was the western terminus of the Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway in Essex, England. It opened in 1904 and closed in 1951. [1]

There was a single terminal platform on the southeastern side of the Great Eastern Main Line and a steep connecting line to the main line. A footpath linked the low level station to the main Kelvedon railway station. [2]

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References

  1. Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. 129. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
  2. "Photographs of Kelvedon Low level". March 1977. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus  Great Eastern Railway
Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway
  Feering Halt