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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Maldon West<br />
| status = Disused<br />
| image = <br />
| borough = [[Maldon, Essex|Maldon]], [[Maldon District|Maldon]]<br />
| country = England<br />
| platforms = 2<br />
| original = [[Great Eastern Railway]]<ref name="Butt">{{Butt-Stations|page=153}}</ref><br />
| pregroup = [[Great Eastern Railway]]<br />
| postgroup = [[London and North Eastern Railway]]<br />
| years = 1 October 1889<ref name="Butt"/><br />
| events = Opened as ''Maldon West''<br />
| years1 = 22 May 1916<ref name="Butt"/><br />
| events1 = Closed<br />
| years2 = 1 August 1919<ref name="Butt"/><br />
| events2 = Reopened as ''Maldon West Halt''<br />
| years3 = 10 September 1939<ref name="Butt"/><br />
| events3 = Permanently closed<br />
}}<br />
'''Maldon West railway station''' served the town of [[Maldon, Essex]]. It was opened on 1 October 1889 by the [[Great Eastern Railway]] on a branch line from [[South Woodham Ferrers railway station|Woodham Ferrers]] to Maldon. It was closed in 1916 during [[World War I]] but reopened as a halt in 1919. The [[Engineer's Line Reference]] for the line is WFM, the station was {{convert|7|mi|16|chain|km|2|lk=in}} from Wickford Junction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/elrs/_mileages/W/WFM.txt|title=ELR Railway Codes}}</ref><br />
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The station was permanently closed to passenger services in September 1939 but the line remained in use for goods traffic until 1959.<br />
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==References== <br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#583,206,1 Maldon West station on navigable 1945 O. S. map]<br />
* [http://www.gersociety.org.uk/index.php?option=com_phocagallery&view=category&id=2&Itemid=43 GER Society webpage containing photograph of the station in the 1920s]<br />
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/3851333309/ Photograph of a 'last passenger service' steam special, 1957]<br />
* [http://www.itsaboutmaldon.co.uk/railway/ Railway history on local web site, with photos]<br />
{{Disused Rail Start}}<br />
{{Rail line|previous=[[Maldon East and Heybridge railway station|Maldon East and Heybridge]]|next={{stnlnk|Barons Lane Halt}} |route=[[Great Eastern Railway]]<br /><small>Maldon to Woodham Ferrers branch line</small> |col={{GER colour}} }}<br />
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{{Closed stations Essex}}<br />
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[[Category:Disused railway stations in Essex]]<br />
[[Category:Former Great Eastern Railway stations]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1889]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1916]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1919]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1939]]<br />
[[Category:Maldon, Essex]]<br />
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