Wivenhoe railway station
Railway station in Essex, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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General information | |||||
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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 | |||||
2018/19 | 0.401 million | ||||
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 | ||||
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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.