Wivenhoe railway station

Wivenhoe
Wivenhoe railway station in 2008
Location
Place	Wivenhoe
Local authority	Colchester
Coordinates	51°51′25″N 0°57′22″E / 51.857°N 0.956°ECoordinates: 51°51′25″N 0°57′22″E / 51.857°N 0.956°E
Grid reference	TM112214
Operations
Station code	WIV
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.319 million
2005/06	0.321 million
2006/07	0.331 million
2007/08	0.335 million
2008/09	0.329 million
2009/10	0.309 million
2010/11	0.330 million
2011/12	0.354 million
2012/13	0.351 million
2013/14	0.368 million
2014/15	0.379 million
History
8 May 1863	Opened as Wivenhoe
July 1879	Renamed Wyvenhoe
October 1911	Renamed Wivenhoe
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wivenhoe from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Wivenhoe railway station is on the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the small town of Wivenhoe, Essex. It is 56 miles 4 chains (90.2 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street^[1] and is situated between Hythe to the west and Alresford to the east. Its three-letter station code is WIV.

The station was opened by the Tendring Hundred Railway, a subsidiary of the Great Eastern Railway, in 1879. It has two platforms, a manned ticket office, and is currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also runs all trains serving the station.

It is a short distance from the River Colne at Wivenhoe quay and its car park is the starting point of the Wivenhoe Trail, a cycle track that runs alongside the river to Colchester.

History

Wivenhoe station was opened on 8 May 1863 by the Tendring Hundred Railway, which was worked by the Great Eastern Railway. From July 1879 its name was spelled Wyvenhoe; in October 1911 it reverted to the original spelling, Wivenhoe.^[2]

A few hundred metres east of the station there was a junction for the single-track branch line to Brightlingsea. This branch was opened in 1866 and closed as part of the Beeching cuts in 1964 and the tracks lifted. A bridge over Alresford Creek was also later demolished.

Services

The typical Monday to Saturday service is of two trains per hour in each direction. In the "up" (London-bound) direction, one of these trains calls at Colchester, Witham, Chelmsford, Ingatestone, Shenfield and Stratford before terminating at London Liverpool Street. The other "up" train calls at Hythe and Colchester Town before terminating at Colchester.

In the "down" (country-bound) direction one train calls at Thorpe-le-Soken before terminating at Clacton-on-Sea, while the other calls at Alresford, Great Bentley, Weeley, Thorpe-le-Soken, Kirby Cross and Frinton-on-Sea before terminating at Walton-on-the-Naze.

On Sundays there is typically one train per hour in each direction. The London-bound train calls at Colchester, Marks Tey, Witham, Chelmsford, Shenfield and Stratford before terminating at Liverpool Street. The country-bound train calls at Alresford, Great Bentley and Thorpe-le-Soken before terminating at Clacton-on-Sea.

Colchester Town, Hythe and Weeley are closed on Sundays. Stations on the Walton branch are accessed by an hourly Sunday shuttle from Thorpe-le-Soken.

References

1. http://www.s-r-s.org.uk/railref/ref-ge.html
2. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 253, 256. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

External links

• Train times and station information for Wivenhoe railway station from National Rail