Station Name: TOLLESBURY[Source: Darren Kitson]
Compared to the 1960 and 1962 views the platform surface is relatively weed free and the building's LNER livery is still quite prominent. This view therefore likely dates from not too long after the track was lifted. On the end of the building the gutter downpipe appears to drain into the urinal.
Photo by Jack Brandon 
The remains of Tollesbury station on 28 February 1960, some nine years after the final train trundled away into the distance. Three stations along the line as far as Tollesbury had this style of station building and for some reason these buildings survived after all other structures, namely huts and grounded carriage bodies, were removed. The windows of the building seen here appear to have been boarded over but due to camera angle this is uncertain.
Photo by Ben Brooksbank 
The station building in 1962. It appears the site had started to become a dumping ground.
Photo by Tim Hunt 
The desolation that was Tollesbury station in 1962, looking towards the former level crossing. The young lady was presumably with the photographer. On the station building, the bottom of one window is covered by a sheet or corrugated iron while more of the same can be seen on right, where the urinal had once stood. The impression is of the building receiving basic repairs after closure but for what reason and why these buildings lingered after other structures had been removed remains a mystery. Three stations along the line, the other two being Tiptree and Tolleshunt D'Arcy, had this style of building
Photo by Peter Manley 
The water tower means there is no mistaking the location as the remains of Tollesbury station revert to nature in 1968. The urinal screening and gutter downpipe have disappeared but the building looks to still be in reasonable condition albeit minus the top of one finial. The window furthest from the camera is partially boarded over.
Photo by Gordon Croft  Another 1968 view, this time looking in the Kelvedon direction from the dock. It is perhaps surprising the railings and other ironwork which still existed at this time had not been removed for scrap.
Photo by Jim Mason 
A similar view to that taken from the dock in 1968, this time in March 1969. On the left is one of the stanchions which had supported the running-in board.
Photo
by John Went, reproduced from Geograph under creative commons licence
Looking east from the site of the level crossing at the site of Tollesbury station in July 2024. The station was on the left with the goods dock in the centre. The double-ended goods siding and goods yard was in the centre before the dock.
Photo by Nick Catford  Looking north east across the goods dock at the site of Tollesbury station in July 2024.
Photo by Nick Catford 
Wisdom Art Prints is a Tiptree based studio, illustrating and producing the highest quality greeting cards and art prints. Artist Robert Wisdom has been illustrating professionally for over 45 years. Robert has a particular interest in his local railway, the Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway, and has illustrated all the stations
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