Feering Halt railway station
Encyclopedia
Feering Halt railway station was a station serving the village of Feering
, Essex
. It closed in 1951.
on the line of the Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway
, which it had acquired at the 1923 Grouping as part of the Great Eastern Railway
. It was closed with the line on 7 May 1951.
Feering
Feering is a village in Essex, England. Situated between Colchester and Witham, this village boasts three pubs, the oldest of which is The Old Anchor. However, on 14 July 2008 the Old Anchor pub suffered major damage caused by a fire which required 8 fire crews to contain and lasted over 3...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
. It closed in 1951.
History
The halt was opened by the London and North Eastern RailwayLondon and North Eastern Railway
The London and North Eastern Railway was the second-largest of the "Big Four" railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain...
on the line of the Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway
Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway
The Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway, authorised under the Light Railways Act 1896 operated between the two villages of Kelvedon and Tollesbury to the south of Colchester in Essex, England...
, which it had acquired at the 1923 Grouping as part of the Great Eastern Railway
Great Eastern Railway
The Great Eastern Railway was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia...
. It was closed with the line on 7 May 1951.