Hockerill Halt railway station

Hockerill Halt railway station was a station serving the Hockerill area of Bishop's Stortford in East Hertfordshire in England. The station was 1 mile 29 chains (2.19 km) from Bishop's Stortford on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line (Engineer's Line Reference BSB).

Hockerill Halt
The station in 1913
General information
LocationHockerill, East Hertfordshire
England
Coordinates51°52′10″N 0°10′47″E / 51.8695°N 0.1797°E / 51.8695; 0.1797
Grid referenceTL502211
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyGreat Eastern Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Eastern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
7 November 1910Station opened
3 March 1952Station closed

Services began on 7 November 1910 and ended on 3 March 1952.

The station along with almost all the 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 also open to the public.

It closed to passengers along with the rest of the branch.[1]

The halt consisted of a low platform of made up ground, with telephone access to the signalman at Bishops Stortford.

It was partially restored in 2012 by the Friends of the Flitch Way[citation needed] - however this was not evident when visited in 2019.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
  2. ^ Whitewick's Abandoned Railways (5 July 2019), Worlds Smallest Abandoned Station? - The Flitch way - Episode 16, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 6 July 2019

Further reading

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  • Peter Paye (2010). Bishop's Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree Branch. Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0853617082.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Bishop's Stortford
Line closed, station open
  Great Eastern Railway
Bishop's Stortford-Braintree Branch Line
  Stane Street Halt
Line and station closed