Tollesbury Pier railway station

Tollesbury Pier railway station was a short-lived terminus of an extension of the Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway, serving Tollesbury's pier on the River Blackwater in Essex. The station was opened in 1907.^[1] The station was 10 miles 8 chains (16.25 km) from Kelvedon Low Level railway station.^[2]

Tollesbury Pier
The station in c. 1907
General information
Location	Tollesbury, Maldon England
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Key dates
15 May 1907	Opened
18 July 1921	Closed
Location

The c. 1.5-mile extension from the existing terminus at Tollesbury to Tollesbury Pier never brought the expected traffic. During World War I the pier was used for troop training on the river and was subsequently closed to passengers in 1921. The government took over the pier during World War II and erected defences along it.^[3]