Corringham Light Railway

Corringham Station on the Fobbing Road was a substantial brick-built structure providing both male and female toilets, a bicycle shed and a small loading platform.

From the station the line headed down hill past two sidings, The first branched off towards a small brickworks and the second to a sewage works.

At the site of Coryton Station the 1919 brick platform extension survives within the refinery and was restored cosmetically by BP in 1985 however the wooden waiting shelter/toilets have long since disappeared .

A brick from Corringham station was rescued by an enthusiast and was subsequently incorporated into the wall of his home office.

The door was restored as far as was practical and in 2012 was donated to the East Anglian Railway Museum where it now features in the Carriage and Wagon display.

They were modified by the removal of the compartment partitions and the addition of a handbrake at one end acting on one wheel set.

Towards the end of the passenger service on the railway one or two ex-LTSR four-wheel carriages continued to be used, as noted on a Stephenson Locomotive Society visit in 1948.

There are many photographs from the later years of the CLR that show wagons belonging to Cory Brothers in use or dumped in derelict condition.

Kynochs (and later Cory's) kept costs down to a minimum by counting only the locomotive crews (ie the drivers and firemen) as actual employees of the CLR.

In December 2014 the Corringham Light Railway Society was formed by former members of the project it now aims to research and discover as much as possible about the old line and if possible assist in the preservation of any remaining artifacts.

The society's secondary aims are to preserve the general railway history of the Thurrock area in conjunction with other groups.