Wivenhoe railway station

For the station in Manitoba, Canada, see Wivenhoe railway station (Manitoba).

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.

Wivenhoe
Wivenhoe railway station in 2008
General information
Location	Wivenhoe, Colchester England
Coordinates	51.857°N 0.956°E / 51.857; 0.956
Grid reference	TM112214
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WIV
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
8 May 1863 (1863-05-08)	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
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 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:^[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			Following station
Hythe		Greater Anglia Sunshine Coast Line		Alresford or Thorpe-le-Soken
Disused railways
Hythe		Great Eastern Railway Tendring Hundred Railway		Brightlingsea