Wickham Bishops railway station served the village of

Wickham Bishops Wickham Bishops is a village and civil parish in the Maldon district of Essex, England. It is located around three miles north of the town of Maldon and around two miles south-east of Witham, in whose post town it lies. The place name ''Wick ...

, Essex. It was opened in 1848 by the Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway (MWBR) on a branch line from to . The station was from Witham station. The line and station closed to passenger services in 1964 though goods traffic continued for a further two years.

History

The MWBR, which consisted of two branch lines from the

Eastern Counties Railway The Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) was an English railway company incorporated in 1836 intended to link London with Ipswich via Colchester, and then extend to Norwich and Yarmouth. Construction began in 1837 on the first nine miles at the Lond ...

station at , opened for goods traffic on 15 August 1848. Passenger services began on 2 October that year, and a station originally named Wickham was opened that day. The station was renamed Wickham Bishops on 1 October 1913. It, and the rest of the line, closed on 7 September 1964. The main station building is now a private house.

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Wickham Bishops station on navigable 1945 O. S. map
Disused railway stations in Essex Former Great Eastern Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1848 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964 Beeching closures in England 1848 establishments in England 1964 disestablishments in England {{EastEngland-railstation-stub