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 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The station in 1913 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Hockerill, East Hertfordshire England |
| Coordinates | 51°52′10″N 0°10′47″E / 51.8695°N 0.1797°E |
| Grid reference | TL502211 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Eastern Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 7 November 1910 | Station opened |
| 3 March 1952 | Station 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
edit- ^ "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
- ^ 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
edit- 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 |