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KynochtownI know many of you may never knew it had ever existed and the Drivers pass the site every day when on the Tilbury loop.
Kynochtown had a station on the Corringham Light Railway at the turn of the 20th Century and of Standard gauge, branching off the main line at Thames Haven Junction.
During WW1, their explosives factory was used for making munitions for the military and after that a coal depot, but later part of the massive Oil Refinery. The CLR had a special direct service from Fenchurch Street to the works for their employees living in the London area, using LT&SR locos to thames haven, where the CLR loco's then took the train on to Kynochtown.
The line remained open for some years after and eventually closed on 1st March 1952, when a crowd of people, mainly enthusiasts, took their last trip on the line. The two steam loco's owned were finally scrapped in late 1956.
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