Ardleigh railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Ardleigh


caption =
locale = Colchester
borough = Essex
line = Eastern Union Railway
manager = Great Eastern Railway
owner = London and North Eastern Railway
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latitude =
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years = 15 June 1846
events = Station opens
years1 = 6 November 1967
events1 = Station closes Ardleigh railway station served the village of Ardleigh in Essex, England. The station was situated on the Great Eastern Main Line.

History

Opened by the Eastern Union Railway, then absorbed by the Great Eastern Railway, it joined the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was then closed by the British Railways Board.

The site today

Trains pass the site on the electrified Great Eastern Main Line.

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