The Bishop's Stortford–Braintree branch line was an 18-mile-long (29 km) railway line connecting existing railways at Bishop's Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree...
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Crimean War (1854–56) and sold to the War Office. The Bishop's Stortford–Braintree branch line, built by the Great Eastern Railway (GER), was opened in...
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building of the railway. A Bishop's Stortford–Braintree branch line was built to Braintree to bring goods into Stortford from the surrounding more rural...
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Bishop's Stortford railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the town of Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, England. It is 30 miles 27 chains...
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to the north of the A120 road, approximately midway between Bishop's Stortford and Braintree, 5 mi (8 km) east of London Stansted Airport. Originally the...
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through Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Audley End (near Saffron Walden) to Cambridge, with branches between serving Stratford, Hertford...
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(15.25 km) from Bishop's Stortford on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line (Engineer's Line Reference BSB). The railway line through Dunmow...
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the Bishop's Stortford, Dunmow & Braintree Railway on 22 February 1869, when the old terminus was replaced by a through-station on the new line. It continued...
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13 miles 37 chains (21.67 km) from Bishop's Stortford on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line (Engineer's Line Reference BSB). The station closed...
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between Bishop's Stortford and Great Totham, passes through Braintree. The Flitch Way is a shared-use path and bridleway on a former railway line that runs...
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the site of Bannister Green Halt railway station on the Bishop's Stortford-Braintree Branch Line, prior to that station's closure in 1952. The local old...
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Bishop's Stortford, England. The station was 5 miles 11 chains (8.27 km) from Bishop's Stortford on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line (Engineer's...
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11 miles 61 chains (18.93 km) from Bishop's Stortford on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line (Engineer's Line Reference BSB). The station closed...
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England. It was opened in 1848 by the Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway (MWBR) on a branch line from Witham to Maldon. It was originally named Maldon...
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Bishop's Stortford, England. The station was 4 miles 18 chains (6.80 km) from Bishop's Stortford on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line (Engineer's...
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Rayne railway station (category Braintree District)
15 miles 54 chains (25.23 km) from Bishop's Stortford on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line (Engineer's Line Reference BSB). The station closed...
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station on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line (Engineer's Line Reference BSB). The station closed in 1952, with the line being used for freight...
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Hockerill Halt railway station (category Bishop's Stortford)
intermediate stations on the Bishop's Stortford-Braintree branch were little used. The station was built to serve the Bishop's Stortford Golf Club but it was...
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Braintree Freeport railway station is on the Braintree Branch Line in the East of England, serving the Braintree Village shopping centre (formerly known...
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Wickham Bishops railway station served the village of Wickham Bishops, Essex. It was opened in 1848 by the Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway (MWBR) on...
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four-mile branch, which was to run from a junction with Tilbury-Pitsea line to a new port to be called Thames Haven. After this, the branch was to be...
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Essex. It was opened in 1848 by the Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway (MWBR) on a branch line from Witham to Maldon East and Heybridge. It was originally...
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in Great Britain Beeching cuts Morrison, Brian (ed.). "The Meldon Quarry Branch". Modern Railways Pictorial, 1986. Ian Allan. p. 16. ISBN 0-7110-1510-4...
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Shenfield railway station (category Railway stations served by the Elizabeth line)
Anglia to main line destinations including Chelmsford, Colchester and Ipswich, as well as branch line stations such as Southminster, Braintree, Harwich Town...
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station was located in Brightlingsea, Essex. It was on the single track branch line of the Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea Railway which opened in 1866 and closed...
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although the Northern and Eastern Railway had opened up a line as far as Bishop's Stortford by May 1842. The financial climate in the early 1840s ensured...
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October 1889 by the Great Eastern Railway on a single-track branch line (Engineer's Line Reference WFM) from Woodham Ferrers to Maldon East. The station...
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Maldon West Barons Lane Halt Cold Norton Stow St Mary Halt Bishop's Stortford–Braintree branch line Stane Street Halt Takeley Easton Lodge Dunmow Felsted Bannister...
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and East Tilbury. The station was 22 miles 46 chains (36.33 km) down the line from London Fenchurch Street station via Rainham. It was opened on 13 April...
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Tottenham Hale station (category Victoria line stations)
(All via Lea Bridge) 2 tph to Meridian Water (All stations) 2 tph to Bishop's Stortford (Both semi-fast to Cheshunt, then 1 semi-fast and 1 all stations)...
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