Stow St Mary Halt railway station

Stow St Mary Halt
General information
Location	Stow Maries, Maldon England
Coordinates	51°39′40″N0°39′05″E / 51.6612°N 0.6514°E / 51.6612; 0.6514
Grid reference	TQ834991
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	London and North Eastern Railway [1]
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
24 September 1928	Opened
10 September 1939	Closed
Location

Stow St. Mary Halt railway station was a halt that served the village of Stow Maries, Essex.

It was opened on 24 September 1928 by the London and North Eastern Railway on the single-track branch line (Engineer's Line Reference WFM) that the Great Eastern Railway had opened on 1 October 1889 linking Woodham Ferrers to Maldon East. The station served the village of Stow Maries, but the station was named differently supposedly on the insistence of the vicar. ^[2]

It was closed in September 1939 but the line remained in use for goods traffic until 1959 ^[3] or 1953. ^[4] It is now Stow Maries Halt nature reserve, which is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

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. 222. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
2. Mitchell, Vic (2010). Branch Lines to Southend and Southminster. Midhurst Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN   978-1-906008-76-5.
3. David St. John Thomas, Henry Patrick White (1968). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. Phoenix House.
4. Daniels, G.; Dench, L.A. (September 1964) [1963]. Passengers No More. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 72. VPNM/1354/138/CXX-964.

External links

• Stow St Mary Halt on navigable old O. S. map

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Cold Norton		London and North Eastern Railway Maldon to Woodham Ferrers branch line		Woodham Ferrers