Wivenhoe Railway Station
The station was opened by the Tendring Hundred Railway, a subsidiary of the Great Eastern Railway, in 1863. It has two platforms, a staffed 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 spelt Wyvenhoe; in October 1911 it reverted to the original spelling, Wivenhoe.
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 April 1866 and closed as part of the Beeching cuts in June 1964 and the tracks lifted. A bridge over Alresford Creek was also later demolished.
Services
All services at Wivenhoe are operated by Greater Anglia using Class 720 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
- 1 tph to London Liverpool Street
- 1 tph to Colchester via Colchester Town
- 1 tph to Clacton-on-Sea
- 1 tph to Walton-on-the-Naze
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.
On Sundays, the services between Colchester and Walton-on-the-Naze do not run.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Hythe | Greater Anglia |
Alresford or Thorpe-le-Soken | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Great Eastern Railway |
References
- ^ "RailRef GE Great Eastern". www.s-r-s.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 253, 256. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ Table 11 National Rail timetable, June 2024
External links
- Train times and station information for Wivenhoe railway station from National Rail