Corringham railway station served the villages of Corringham and

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, England, between 1901 and 1952.

History

The station was the terminus of the

Corringham Light Railway The Corringham Light Railway (CLR) in Corringham, Essex, England was incorporated on 10 July 1899 and opened to freight on 1 January 1901, to passengers on 22 June 1901. It closed to passengers on 1 March 1952 and was absorbed into the Mobil Oil ...

. As opened, it had a cycle shed, male and female lavatories and an open-fronted shelter. There was also a small loading bank beyond the passenger platform. The buildings and platform were in red brick. Initially, the platform's length was 150 ft. During the

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, the platform was lengthened to 340 ft, owing to the increased number of workers travelling to the explosive factories at

Kynochtown Coryton Refinery was an oil refinery in Essex, England, on the estuary of the River Thames from central London, between Shell Haven Creek and Hole Haven Creek, which separates Canvey Island from the mainland. It was a part of the Port of Lond ...

. The platform remained this length until closure. In later years, the station became very dilapidated and run-down, and suffered a sharp fall in passenger numbers after the introduction of buses to the area in the 1920s. The loading bank was cut back and was out of use by the mid-1930s. The station closed in 1952 when the Vacuum Oil Company bought up the Coryton refinery and discontinued the passenger services.

After closure

The station was demolished almost immediately after closure and the whole branch was lifted at about the same time. Despite this, the remainder of the railway remains in use as a goods line. The section between Thames Haven and Coryton was relaid at about the same time the Corringham branch was removed.

References

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