Coryton railway station (Essex)

Coryton
General information
LocationCoryton Refinery, Essex
England
Coordinates51°31′00″N 0°30′27″E / 51.5166°N 0.5075°E / 51.5166; 0.5075
Grid referenceTQ740827
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyCorringham Light Railway
Key dates
22 June 1901opens as Kynochtown
c. 1920station rebuilt
1923renamed Coryton
1 March 1952closed
1986repaired

Coryton railway station served the village of Kynochtown (later Coryton) and the Coryton Refinery in Essex, England, between 1901 and 1952.

History

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The station opened on 22 June 1901. Its original name was Kynochtown after the workers' village nearby. The original station had a wooden platform 100 ft long, with a building housing male and female toilets and a waiting shelter, also made of wood.[1] It was lit by large oil lamps. During the First World War, the station's platform was extended at both ends in wood. In around 1917, a further extension in brick was added.[2] After the war ended, the Kynoch site was sold to Cory Brothers of Cardiff and the station was subsequently renamed Coryton, along with the village.[3] By this time, it was realised that the station (indeed the whole railway) would never be so busy again, so the wooden platform was demolished, leaving just the brick extension, with a ramp made from old sleepers added at its left end.[4] The station building was resited at ground level a short distance away. The brick platform itself had one metal seat, but no other facilities. There were a number of sidings at the station, which became overgrown in later years.[5]

Closure

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The station closed when passenger services on the line ended in 1952. In the years immediately afterwards, the wooden building was demolished and the station became heavily infested with weeds.[6] In 1986, the station was repaired by Mobil.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Kay 2008, p. 25.
  2. ^ Kay 2008, p. 47.
  3. ^ Gotheridge 1985, p. 40.
  4. ^ Kay 2008, p. 58.
  5. ^ Gotheridge 1985, p. 43.
  6. ^ Kay 2008, p. 70.
  7. ^ Kay 2008, p. 75.
  • Gotheridge, Ivor (1985). The Corringham Light Railway. The Oakwood Press.
  • Kay, Peter (2008). The Corringham Light Railway A New History.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   Corringham Light Railway   Corringham
Line and station closed