Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway The Elsenham & Thaxted Light Railway was a Script error: No such module "convert". long light railway in Essex, England. The line was sanctioned in 1906, although did not finally open to traffic until 1 April 1913. It was the last rail line built in Essex until the construction of Stansted Airport railway station.[1]
The railway left the West Anglia Main Line at Elsenham. There were two stations (Sibleys[2] and Thaxted) and three halts on the Railway; all except Mill Road Halt (opened in 1922) were opened with the line. The line was never a commercial success, since all the stations were located at some distance from the settlements they served; Thaxted station was Script error: No such module "convert". distant from the town, since to construct a crossing of the River Chelmer would have been too costly. The Engineer's Line Reference for the line is ELT.[3]
As a light railway it was limited to Script error: No such module "convert". giving a journey time of 22–28 minutes. There were five down and four up trains per day on opening.[4]
Passenger services were withdrawn from 15 September 1952 and the railway finally closed on 1 June 1953.[5]
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