Stow St Mary Halt railway station

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

Stow St Mary Halt
Location	Stow Maries, Maldon England
Coordinates	51.6612°N 0.6514°E
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

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 West. 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. (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.
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