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Bradfield railway station served the village of Bradfield in Essex. It was on the Manningtree to Harwich branch line, which is today known as The Mayflower Line.[2] It closed in 1956. Consisting of just two through platforms it had no sidings for working local goods traffic, which was the normal scenario in rural East Anglia.[3] The station buildings on the up platform were particularly splendid for a very small station and were captured by the well known and popular transport artist Malcolm Root FGRA.[4] The facilities on the down platform were very modest by comparison. The station had a very restricted catchment area and with a local population of just 730 in 1901 and 811 in 1961, passenger numbers were always very limited.[5] A level crossing at the west end of the station was controlled by a signal box on the up side with just 12 levers.[6]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Mistley Line and station open		Eastern Region of British Railways Mayflower line		Priory Halt Line open, station closed

Bradfield
Bradfield station in 1963
General information
Location	Bradfield, Tendring England
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Eastern Union Railway[1] Eastern Counties Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
15 August 1854	Opened[1]
2 July 1956	Closed

References

External links

• Bradfield station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

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