Historic railway set for revival

7:00am Thursday 17th January 2013 in News

A MEETING is being held to whip up support for reviving a piece of Thurrock heritage.

The aim is to have the track bed of the railway, which once took workers from Corringham to Coryton, turned into a heritage walk.

Lisa Sargent, of Stanford-le-Hope, has organised a meeting at the Pegasus Club, in Herd Lane, Corringham, for noon on Sunday.

Anyone interested in getting involved in the project is invited along to the meeting. A group, led by Lisa, will be walking the route at 10am.

For more information, visit www.corringhamlightrailwayproject.org.uk

Comments(7)

knighs1 says...
8:34am Thu 17 Jan 13

So it's not the railway being revived then? Just a footpath being opened.

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matty411 says...
11:16am Thu 17 Jan 13

At the moment just a footpath.but if we get alot of people interested and we got enough money to do a track plus other things then will.if you are on facebook search for the corringham light railway project.if you can go sunday please come.more the better

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lisasargent@btinternet.com says...
11:24am Thu 17 Jan 13

At the moment funding is being offered by Heritage Lottery for a Walk which would have an area for the children of Herd Lane School to use by FP 22 because of their connection with the original line on the day of closure. Then there will be a museum put at Ironlatch Crossing dedicated to the life of the light railway where the original tracks are still in the old road down there. Hopefully a park will be put along the walk so people can look at the Thames and have the same kind of view people got when riding on the train. There is also plans for a cycle track to meet up with the manorway that then uses London Gateway to head off to Pitsea and Watt Tyler Park. The cycle track is important because when the line closed, it was used as an unofficial cycle track for access to Coryton.
We are still at the very early stages so the website doesn't hold all the key points at present but, even The Corringham Light Railway had to start somewhere.
Please, join us on Sunday.

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knighs1 says...
12:11pm Thu 17 Jan 13

Thanks for the Information, I am working Sunday so cant attend, but good luck with the project. I will try to attend an event in the future.

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lisasargent@btinternet.com says...
1:11pm Thu 17 Jan 13

Just keep an eye on the Facebook page because that's more up to date with meetings. http://www.facebook.
com/groups/TheCorrin
ghamLightRailway/

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lisasargent@btinternet.com says...
9:06pm Thu 17 Jan 13

Good news. The writer of The Corringham Light Railway - A New History will be at the 12pm meeting set for Pegasus Club Annex on Sunday 20th January.
Also, he will be bringing his book to sell so you know where to come to if you need a copy.
Hopefully we will also have a Thurrock Councillor and Museum curator Jonathan Catton at the meeting too. Free tea/coffee will be available too.

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A Dermot says...
11:43am Sat 19 Jan 13

Does the land owner want this turned into a nature walk or do they want to sell it off for housing?

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