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Emerson Park Halt
Key Words :- railway station
Address :- Butt's Green Road, Hornchurch, London, Greater London
Grid Ref :- TQ 53980 87865
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.568637 , Long 0.220329
Local Authority :- Havering London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Essex
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Site Dates :- 1909 -
Description and History of Site:-
c.1911. Small country halt on LTSR branch from Romford to Upminster. Once described as most rural railway station in London.
Gas-lit until recently, now electric lighting. Line recently electrified.
Opened 10 October 1909 as Emerson Park Halt; has also been known as Emerson Park and Great Nelmes Halt; now Emerson Park Station.
No longer rural - deep in suburbia! - Paul W. Sowan
Havering Local List:
Railway platform canopy, constructed on a frame of rolled steel columns and wrought iron brackets, vaulted steel corrugated roof with timber valances edging.
Simple track side platform canopy, single-row steel column construction and timber valance edging.
Emerson Park Railway Station opened in 1909 to serve the Romford to Upminster line of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. It was originally named Emerson Park Halt and was shown in some timetables as Emerson Park and Great Neames Halt. A good example of unmanned halts which were the smallest of Victorian railway stations.
Further Reading and References:-
Ashdown, John; Bussell, Michael; Carter, Paul. 'A Survey of Industrial Monuments of Greater London'. Thames Basin Archaeological Observers' Group, 1969
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Grid Ref :- TQ 53980 87865
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.568637 , Long 0.220329
Local Authority :- Havering London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Essex
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Site Dates :- 1909 -
c.1911. Small country halt on LTSR branch from Romford to Upminster. Once described as most rural railway station in London.
Gas-lit until recently, now electric lighting. Line recently electrified.
Opened 10 October 1909 as Emerson Park Halt; has also been known as Emerson Park and Great Nelmes Halt; now Emerson Park Station.
No longer rural - deep in suburbia! - Paul W. Sowan
Havering Local List:
Railway platform canopy, constructed on a frame of rolled steel columns and wrought iron brackets, vaulted steel corrugated roof with timber valances edging.
Simple track side platform canopy, single-row steel column construction and timber valance edging.
Emerson Park Railway Station opened in 1909 to serve the Romford to Upminster line of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. It was originally named Emerson Park Halt and was shown in some timetables as Emerson Park and Great Neames Halt. A good example of unmanned halts which were the smallest of Victorian railway stations.
Ashdown, John; Bussell, Michael; Carter, Paul. 'A Survey of Industrial Monuments of Greater London'. Thames Basin Archaeological Observers' Group, 1969
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