Ghost Train: Bishop's Stortford to Braintree (Lost Essex Railways Animation)

An animated past vs present look at the lost railway line from Bishop's Stortford to Braintree! #bishopsstortford #essex #braintree #railway #disused #history
The line opened in 1869, and the BSD&BR company was absorbed into the Great Eastern Railway. Goods traffic developed healthily in the agricultural district served, but intermediate passenger business was slow. A sugar beet processing plant provided a considerable boost for the line.
Nevertheless, the decline in passenger carryings led to closure to passengers in 1952. General goods and certain specific traffics continued, but failure of a viaduct severed the route intermediately in 1966 and the line closed completely in 1972, except that the Braintree station continues in use as the terminal of the active branch line from Witham.
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[@andrewridge4978]

262, and thank you.

[@CosmicHazeTarot1111]

Our house backed onto this railway line and in the late 70s we purchased a large part of the track for an extended garden. The part up for sale ran from collins cross bridge up to the next bridge on stortford hall park. Pretty cool we had under the stortford hall park bridge as part of our garden, carefree times 🙏🙏

[@railwaychristina3192]

Flitch Way

[@mariuszengland]

great work cant wait to show it to the kids

[@ReubenCornell]

What a ride. Going to explore this on my bike.

[@tango6nf477]

Absolutely brilliant as usual James I find it odd that so few of the 92 views (so far) think of saying thankyou.

[@PeterS-fs7rv]

Brilliant, as always, fantastic music!

[@ghosttrainlostrailways]

Thanks Peter!

[@BarryBensley-mf5np]

Brilliant as always

[@thunderboltmag4226]

Keep up the videos very relaxing! Big fan over here!

[@ghosttrainlostrailways]

Thanks! 😊

[@b3ani3boy78]

Please do the old cromford line
(Peak district railway)