Wivenhoe railway station

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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.[2]

A few hundred metres east of the station there was a junction for the single-track branch line to Template:Rws. 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 Template:Brc EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

On Sundays, the services between Colchester and Walton-on-the-Naze do not run.

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External links

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