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Maldon West railway station

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Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1916Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1939Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1889Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1919Use British English from January 2018

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 Ferrers to Maldon. It was closed in 1916 during World War I but reopened as a halt in 1919. The Engineer's Line Reference for the line is WFM, the station was 7 miles 16 chains (11.59 km) from Wickford Junction.The station was permanently closed to passenger services in September 1939 but the line remained in use for goods traffic until 1959.

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Maldon West railway station
Spital Road, Essex

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