Tiptree railway station was on the

Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway The Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway was a locally promoted railway company, intended to open up an agricultural district that suffered from poor transport links. The enactment of the Light Railways Act 1896 encouraged the promoters to pers ...

, serving the village of

Tiptree Tiptree is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the English county of Essex, situated south-west of Colchester and around north-east of London. Surrounding villages include Messing, Essex, Messing, Tolleshunt Knights, Toll ...

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

, England. The station was from

Kelvedon Low Level railway station Kelvedon Low Level railway station was the western terminus of the Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway in Essex, England. It opened in 1904 and closed in 1951. There was a single terminal platform on the southeastern side of the Great Easter ...

. The station was opened in 1904. It was closed, along with the rest of the line for passengers, on 7 May 1951. A short siding ran from the station into the

Wilkin & Sons Wilkin & Sons Limited is a manufacturer of preserves, marmalades and associated products established in Tiptree, Essex, England in 1885, and known for its "Tiptree" brand of fruit preserves. History The Wilkin family came to Tiptree, Essex and s ...

jam factory for freight traffic. The section between the jam factory and Kelvedon, through the closed Tiptree station, continued in use for freight traffic until 28 September 1962.

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Tiptree station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
Disused railway stations in Essex Former Great Eastern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1904 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1951 Tiptree {{EastEngland-railstation-stub