Cold Norton railway station served the village of Cold Norton, Essex. It was opened on 1 October 1889 by the Great Eastern Railway on a single-track branch line (Engineer's Line Reference WFM) from Woodham Ferrers to Maldon East. The station was from Wickford Junction and had a single platform on the west side of the running line and a passing (goods) loop, a station building, a parcels shed, goods sidings, and a 30-level signal box which was reduced to a ground frame in 1939. The station name was originally Cold Norton for Purleigh and Stow Maries this was later changed to Cold Norton for Latchingdon.
There was a fatal railway accident near Cold Norton in 1899.
The station was closed to passengers in September 1939 but the line remained in use for goods traffic until 1953Passengers No More by G.Daniels and L.Dench 1959.
References
External links Cold Norton station on navigable 1945 O. S. map GER Society webpage containing photograph of the station in 1911