• The Witham to Maldon branch line is a closed railway line joining Maldon to the British railway network at Witham in Essex, England. It was opened in...
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    between Witham and Braintree is 16 minutes. Originally constructed from Maldon to Braintree via Witham, only the line from Braintree to Witham remains...
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    well. Platform 1 was formerly used by trains on the now disused Witham-Maldon branch line. Platform 2 is typically used by services towards London and platform...
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    junction for a branch line to Braintree. Another branch line went from Witham to Maldon, but this has now been dismantled having been closed to passengers...
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    southern parts of the town. Maldon's first railway link was a branch line to Witham opened in 1846. Later, a second line linked Maldon with Woodham Ferrers on...
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    the Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway (MWBR) on a branch line from Witham to Maldon. It was originally named Maldon but was renamed Maldon East in 1889...
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    Wickham Bishops (category Maldon District)
    in the Maldon district of Essex, England. It is located around three miles north of the town of Maldon and around two miles south-east of Witham, in whose...
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  • in Great Britain Beeching cuts Morrison, Brian (ed.). "The Meldon Quarry Branch". Modern Railways Pictorial, 1986. Ian Allan. p. 16. ISBN 0-7110-1510-4...
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    was the northern terminus of the Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway, opened on 2 October 1848. That station was closed to passengers with the opening of...
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  • 4 km) branch, which was to run from a junction with Tilbury-Pitsea line to a new port to be called Thames Haven. After this, the branch was to be transferred...
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  • Maldon West railway station served the town of Maldon, Essex. It was opened on 1 October 1889 by the Great Eastern Railway on a branch line from Woodham...
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  • some, branch lines seemed to be the solution, and in 1846 the Braintree, Witham and Maldon Railway (BW&MR) was authorised. Joining Braintree to a small...
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    former engine shed site. This branch parallels the main line towards Pitsea and after 1.1 miles the line diverges south to the terminal on the Thames riverbank...
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    1959–1962 Speyside 1958–1965 Cambridge to Mildenhall railway Witham-Braintree branch line Witham-Maldon branch line Saffron Walden Railway Bedford – Northampton...
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  • Essex. It was opened in 1848 by the Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway (MWBR) on a branch line from Witham to Maldon East and Heybridge. The station was...
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    Chelmsford, Colchester, Ipswich and Norwich. Its numerous branches also connect the main line to Southminster, Braintree, Sudbury, Harwich and a number of...
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  • Essex. It was opened in 1848 by the Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway (MWBR) on a branch line from Witham to Maldon East and Heybridge. It was originally...
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    station was located in Brightlingsea, Essex. It was on the single track branch line of the Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea Railway which opened in 1866 and closed...
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    reached Chelmsford in 1843, and a branch line from Witham reached Maldon in 1848, but there was never a direct line between the two towns. Although trade...
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    Bradfield in Essex. It was on the Manningtree to Harwich branch line, which is today known as The Mayflower Line. It closed in 1956. Consisting of just two...
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    23 km) from Bishop's Stortford on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line (Engineer's Line Reference BSB). The station closed in 1952. The station...
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    the end of the Braintree Branch Line from Witham. The town is twinned with Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, France, and gives its name to the towns of Braintree,...
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    Great Eastern Railway on a single-track branch line (Engineer's Line Reference WFM) from Woodham Ferrers to Maldon East. The station was 3 miles 31 chains...
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    Green Halt Thaxted Witham to Maldon branch line Wickham Bishops Langford and Ulting Maldon East and Heybridge Maldon–Woodham Ferrers Maldon West Barons Lane...
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  • 80 km) from Bishop's Stortford on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line (Engineer's Line Reference BSB). The halt opened on 18 December 1922 and...
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    a junction for a former branch line to Maldon West, which closed in 1953. The branch to Maldon left the Southminster branch at 34 miles 11 chains (54...
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  • 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....
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    Stortford on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line (Engineer's Line Reference BSB). The station closed to regular passenger traffic in 1952....
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  • 67 km) from Bishop's Stortford on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line (Engineer's Line Reference BSB). The station closed in 1952. Former services...
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    located to the west of Great Dunmow, Essex, near Easton Lodge. The station on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line (Engineer's Line Reference...
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