Dunmow railway station

51°52′03″N 0°22′09″E / 51.8676°N 0.3693°E / 51.8676; 0.3693Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyBishop's Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree RailwayPre-groupingGreat Eastern RailwayPost-groupingLondon and North Eastern RailwayKey dates22 February 1869Station opened3 March 1952Regular passenger services ceasedafter August 1961Formal closure to passengers1 April 1969closed (goods)

Dunmow railway station was a station serving Great Dunmow, Essex. The station was 9 miles 38 chains (15.25 km) from Bishop's Stortford on the Bishop's Stortford to Braintree branch line (Engineer's Line Reference BSB).

The railway line through Dunmow was built by the Bishop's Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree Railway (BSD&BR). The line, including Dunmow station, was opened on 22 February 1869, and on the same day the BSD&BR company was absorbed by the Great Eastern Railway.^[1][2]

Regular services ended on 3 March 1952, but the station was not formally closed to passengers until after August 1961.^[2] It closed to goods on 1 April 1969.^[3] The site and trackbed have been used for the B1256 Dunmow Bypass and no trace of the railway remains.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Easton Lodge		Great Eastern Railway Bishop's Stortford-Braintree Branch Line		Felsted

• Peter Paye (2010). Bishop's Stortford, Dunmow and Braintree Branch. Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-708-2.

• Dunmow station on navigable 1946 O. S. map