Wivenhoe railway station


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 down the line from London Liverpool Street 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 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 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. 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" direction, one of these trains calls at,,,, and before terminating at London Liverpool Street. The other "up" train calls at Hythe and before terminating at Colchester.
In the "down" direction one train calls at before terminating at, while the other calls at Alresford,,, Thorpe-le-Soken, and before terminating at.
On Sundays there is typically one train per hour in each direction. The London-bound train calls at Colchester,, 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 and Weeley are closed on Sundays. Stations on the Walton branch are accessed by an hourly Sunday shuttle from Thorpe-le-Soken.