Wivenhoe railway station
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Wivenhoe  | |||||
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 Wivenhoe railway station in 2008 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Wivenhoe, Colchester England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°51′25″N 0°57′22″E / 51.857°N 0.956°E | ||||
| Grid reference | TM112214 | ||||
| Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | WIV | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 8 May 1863 | Opened as Wivenhoe | ||||
| July 1879 | Renamed Wyvenhoe | ||||
| October 1911 | Renamed Wivenhoe | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.403 million | ||||
| Interchange | 2,161 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  70,786 | ||||
| Interchange | 589 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.217 million | ||||
| Interchange | 1,531 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.279 million | ||||
| Interchange | 1,238 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.324 million | ||||
| Interchange | 1,349 | ||||
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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 (90 km) down the 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 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
[edit]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.[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 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
[edit]All services at Wivenhoe are operated by Greater Anglia using Class 720 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]
- 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
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hythe | Greater Anglia |
Alresford or Thorpe-le-Soken | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Great Eastern Railway | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]
- Train times and station information for Wivenhoe railway station from National Rail