Wickham Bishops railway station

Wickham Bishops railway station served the village of Wickham Bishops, in Essex, England, between 1848 and 1964. The station was sited down the line from on the Witham–Maldon branch line to .

History The Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway (MWBR) consisted of two branch lines from the Eastern Counties Railway station at Witham. The lines were opened for goods traffic on 15 August 1848. Passenger services began on 2 October that year, and the station was opened that day.

It was originally named Wickham and was renamed Wickham Bishops on 1 October 1913.

The station was closed, along with the rest of the line, on 7 September 1964.

The site today The main station building is now a private house; the platform also survives.

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Wickham Bishops station on a navigable 1945 O.S. map Photograph of the station in 1966 More photographs of the station in the 1960s