Lea Valley Enterprise and Rochford's Siding at Turnford
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:46 pm
I have been working on an article about the siding provided by the GER in 1891 for the Rochford Nurseries at Turnford near Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. I believe the siding was still in use until the 1950's, but in the 1960's a lot of Rochford's plants and flowers were sent by rail from Cheshunt. Obviously the siding was used to to bring in coke and coal for heating the greenhouses and the siding generated a substantial amount of traffic. The 1930 working timetable for the area recorded that that two goods trains served thethe siding on weekdays, both approaching from the down direction.
If anyone has any knowledge regarding this particular siding I would be most pleased to hear from them. I am also keen to find out more about the Lea Valley Enterprise express freight service, which I believe called at Broxbourne, but I am not sure whether it would have stopped at Cheshunt.
If anyone has any knowledge regarding this particular siding I would be most pleased to hear from them. I am also keen to find out more about the Lea Valley Enterprise express freight service, which I believe called at Broxbourne, but I am not sure whether it would have stopped at Cheshunt.