Sturmer railway station

Former railway station in England

Sturmer
The site of the station in 2020
General information
LocationSturmer, Braintree
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
9 August 1865Opened
6 March 1967Closed

Sturmer railway station was a station that served the village of Sturmer, Essex, England. It opened in 1865 on the Stour Valley Railway between Sudbury and Cambridge.

The station and line closed in 1967[1][2] as part of the Beeching cuts.

The station building still stands today as a private residence.

References

  1. ^ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 347. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ^ 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. 223. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.

External links

  • Sturmer station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
  • "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Haverhill
Line and station closed
  Great Eastern Railway
Stour Valley Railway
  Stoke
Line and station closed
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Closed railway stations in Essex
Colne Valley and Halstead Railway
Saffron Walden RailwayKelvedon and Tollesbury Light RailwayElsenham & Thaxted Light RailwayWitham to Maldon branch lineMaldon–Woodham FerrersBishop's Stortford–Braintree branch lineCorringham Light Railway
Epping to Ongar branchOther lines

52°04′05″N 0°28′34″E / 52.0681°N 0.4761°E / 52.0681; 0.4761


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