Replica of the railway station.
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There have been two stations at Braintree. The first, which was the northern terminus of the Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway, opened on 2 October 1848.
That station was closed to passengers with the opening of the Bishop's Stortford, Dunmow & Braintree Railway on 22 February 1869, when the old terminus was replaced by a through-station on the new line. It continued as a goods depot until 1964.
The new station was named Braintree & Bocking on 19 October 1910, but reverted to its original name of Braintree between 1948 and 1953. The station once featured in many model railway sets as "Braintree & Bocking" was the printed station name in the Airfix railway accessories. Passenger services on the route between Braintree and Bishop's Stortford ceased on 3 March 1952.
From notice in display case:
"Railway Station.
The town's second railway station, the first in 1848 was a
wooden structure in Railway Street, was built by the Great
Eastern Railway in 1869 when the Witham to Braintree line
was extended to Great-Dunmow and Bishops Stortford.
However, passenger services in that direction ceased in
1952 and a few years later the footbridge to the second
platform was removed; today even that platform has
disappeared.
The remaining platform canopy is supported
on fine cast iron Gothic-style columns with foliate capitals;
the signal box, which stood on the platform itself, had the
distinction of the longest name in England - 'Braintree and
Bocking'
The station's future was guaranteed when the line to Witham London was electrified in October 1977"
"All of these buildings have been lovingly made by members of Dolphin WI who all live in and around Braintree, where all of the original buildings are situated"