Frinton-on-Sea railway station

Frinton-on-Sea National Rail
Location
Place Frinton-on-Sea
Local authority Tendring
Coordinates 51°50′17″N 1°14′35″E / 51.838°N 1.243°ECoordinates: 51°50′17″N 1°14′35″E / 51.838°N 1.243°E
Grid reference TM235204
Operations
Station code FRI
Managed by Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms 1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  0.184 million
2005/06 Decrease 0.176 million
2006/07 Increase 0.187 million
2007/08 Decrease 0.172 million
2008/09 Increase 0.174 million
2009/10 Decrease 0.166 million
2010/11 Increase 0.168 million
2011/12 Increase 0.176 million
2012/13 Decrease 0.175 million
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Frinton-on-Sea from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Frinton-on-Sea railway station serves the town of Frinton-on-Sea in Essex, England and was opened on 17 May 1867 by the Tendring Hundred Railway.[1] The Great Eastern Railway (GER) bought the Tendring Hundred Railway and the neighbouring Clacton-on-Sea Railway, and both became part of the GER on 1 July 1883. The Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea was absorbed by the GER on 9 June 1893.[2]

The line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923 and in 1948 following nationalization, part of the Eastern Region of British Railways.

The station is immediately to the west of a level crossing that provides road access to Frinton. Residents of the town who live 'inside' the gates of the level crossing attach a particular status to this fact. These wooden gates were until April 2009 the only manually operated level-crossing gates on the Sunshine Coast Line. The level crossing will now be protected by a barrier system which has been subject to much scrutiny by local residents.

The station's name was changed from Frinton to Frinton-on-Sea in May 2007.[3]

Train services

In 1929 the LNER introduced luxurious Pullman day excursion trips from Liverpool Street to various seaside resorts. The service known as the Eastern Belle served Felixstowe on Mondays, Frinton and Walton on Tuesday, Clacton on Wednesday and Thorpeness and Aldeburgh on Thursday and Friday.[4] The service ended in September 1939 when the war broke out.

The following services currently call at Frinton-on-Sea:

Operator Route Material Frequency Notes
Abellio Greater Anglia Colchester - Colchester Town - Hythe - Wivenhoe - Alresford - Great Bentley - Weeley - Thorpe-le-Soken - Kirby Cross - Frinton-on-Sea - Walton-on-the-Naze Class 321 1x per hour Operates between Walton and Thorpe-le-Soken on Sundays
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Abellio Greater Anglia

Service patterns

Monday to Saturday: Westbound: 1 train per hour to Colchester (calling all stations). Eastbound: 1 train per hour to Walton-on-the-Naze, calling at Walton only.

Sundays: Westbound: 1 train per hour to Thorpe-le-Soken (calling all stations). Eastbound: 1 train per hour to Walton-on-the-Naze, calling at Walton only.

Passengers for Clacton-on-Sea must change at Thorpe-le-Soken for connections.

References

  1. ↑ Allen, Cecil J (1975). The Great Eastern Railway (Third ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 237. ISBN 07110 0659 8.
  2. ↑ Walsh, B.D.J. (September 1959). Cooke, B.W.C., ed. "The Great Eastern Line in the Tendring Hundred". The Railway Magazine (Westminster: Tothill Press Ltd) 105 (701): 641.
  3. ↑ Changes to National Rail timetable from Sunday 20th May 2007 National Rail. Retrieved 2007-05-19
  4. ↑ Watling, John (January 1992). "Pullman cars and the Great Eastern part 5". Great Eastern Journal (69): 6.

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