Jaywick Sands railway station

Jaywick Sands
General information
LocationClacton-on-Sea, Essex
England
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company
Jaywick Miniature Railway
Key dates
31 July 1936station opens
September 1939station closes
Summer 1949station re-opens and closes
Location

Jaywick Sands railway station was the lower terminus of the 18-inch gauge Jaywick Miniature Railway in Essex, UK.[1]

History

Jaywick Sands had a single platform built of wood, which was provided with a single wooden bench, palisade fencing and electric lamps. Jaywick Sands also (unlike Crossways) had a small wooden ticket-office, though most tickets were sold on the trains. Because the JMR had no turntable, the locomotives always ran tender-first into Jaywick Sands.[2]

The original route of the JMR closed in 1939, but in 1949, the lower half was briefly re-opened, running during the 1949 summer season only. The section in question would have been midway round the 180-degree curve, around 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) from Jaywick Sands.[3]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus   Jaywick Miniature Railway   Crossways

References

  1. ↑ Mitchell, V. Branch Lines to Clacton and Walton. 2011. Middleton Press. pp.95-97
  2. ↑ Little, L. A Single to the Seashore, The Jaywick Miniature Railway.Narrow Gauge Railway Society. p.10
  3. ↑ Little, L. A Single to the Seashore, The Jaywick Miniature Railway.Narrow Gauge Railway Society. p.16

51°46′26″N 1°06′39″E / 51.77386°N 1.11092°E / 51.77386; 1.11092

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