Witham railway station

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Witham
Location
Place	Witham
Local authority	Braintree
Operations
Managed by	'one'
Platforms in use	4
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 **	2.261 million
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Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Witham.   * 2002/03 Disclaimer  ** 2004/05 Disclaimer
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Witham railway station is a railway station serving the town of Witham in Essex. The station is located on the Great Eastern Main Line and is also the junction of the Witham-Braintree line.

The station is served by 'one'. All services are operated by Class 321 or Class 360 electrical multiple units. The branch junction faces west (towards London), thus permitting through running between London and Braintree.

[edit] Service Patterns

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service from Witham is:

• 4 trains per hour (tph) to London Liverpool Street, of which:
  • 1 calls at Chelmsford and Shenfield (to set down only)
  • 1 calls at Chelmsford, Shenfield and Stratford (to set down only)
  • 1 calls at Chelmsford, Shenfield, Romford and Stratford (to set down only)
  • 1 calls at Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford, Ingatestone, Shenfield and Stratford (to set down only)
• 1 tph to Braintree, calling at White Notley, Cressing and Braintree Freeport
• 1tph to Clacton, calling at Colchester (North), Wivenhoe and Thorpe-le-Soken
• 1tph to Harwich Town, calling at Kelvedon, Marks Tey, Colchester (North), Manningtree, Mistley, Wrabness, Harwich International and Dovercourt
• 1 train per two hours (tp2h) to Lowestoft, calling at Marks Tey, Colchester (North), Ipswich, Westerfield, Woodbridge, Melton, Wickham Market, Saxmundham, Darsham, Halesworth, Brampton (Suffolk), Beccles and Oulton Broad South
• 1 tp2h to Peterborough, calling at Marks Tey, Colchester (North), Ipswich, Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds, Ely, March and Whittlesea

On Sundays this is reduced to:

• 2 tph to London, of which:
  • 1 calls at Chelmsford, Shenfield and Stratford (to set down only)
  • 1 calls at Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford, Ingatestone, Shenfield and Stratford (to set down only)
• 1 tph to Braintree, as above
• 1 tph to Clacton, calling at Marks Tey, Colchester (North), Wivenhoe, Alresford, Great Bentley and Thorpe-le-Soken
• 1 tph to Ipswich, calling at stations as per the Harwich service shown above until Manningtree

[edit] Friday 9th March 2007

on Fridat the 9th of March, there was a death near Witham that caused delays on the Norwich to London Liverpool Street

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Witham railway station from National Rail
• Map and aerial photo of Witham railway station from Multimap.com

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hatfield Peverel		'one' London-Witham-Braintree		White Notley
		'one' London-Ipswich/Clacton/Harwich		Kelvedon
Chelmsford		Dutchflyer London-Amsterdam		Kelvedon