Walton-on-the-Naze railway station

Walton-on-the-Naze National Rail
Location
Place Walton-on-the-Naze
Local authority Tendring
Coordinates 51°50′46″N 1°16′05″E / 51.846°N 1.268°ECoordinates: 51°50′46″N 1°16′05″E / 51.846°N 1.268°E
Grid reference TM251214
Operations
Station code WON
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  112,347
2005/06 Decrease105,238
2006/07 Increase117,937
2007/08 Decrease115,112
2008/09 Increase117,998
2009/10 Decrease113,330
2010/11 Increase118,520
2011/12 Increase123,358
2012/13 Decrease117,288
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Walton-on-the-Naze from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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View eastward, towards the stops in 1960

Walton-on-the-Naze railway station serves the town of Walton-on-the-Naze 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 branch became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923 and following nationalisation in 1948, part of the Eastern Region of British Railways.

The branch today

The station is the terminus of the single line branch which leaves the Clacton line at Thorpe-le-Soken.

Only what was the down platform remains in use following the electrification of the line.[3] There was a small locomotive shed at the station, but this was later converted into a coach park.[4]

The station was renamed from Walton-on-Naze to Walton-on-the-Naze, reflecting the name of the town it serves, on Tuesday 8 May 2007 when new signage was launched by local musicians, The Onion Band.[5]

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.[6] The service ended in September 1939 when the war broke out.

The following services currently call at Walton-on-the-Naze:

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 AngliaTerminus

Service patterns

Passengers who wish to travel to Clacton-on-Sea must change at Thorpe-le-Soken.

References

  1. ↑ Allen, Cecil J (1975). The Great Eastern Railway (Third ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allerton. 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. ↑ Body, Geoffrey (1986). PSL Field Guide - Railways of the Eastern Region - Vol 1 : Southern Operating Area. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Limited. p. 175. ISBN 0-85059-712-9.
  4. ↑ Body 1986, p. 176
  5. ↑ The Onion Band, see 'What's New?'
  6. ↑ Watling, John (January 1992). "Pullman cars and the Great Eastern part 5". Great Eastern Journal (69): 6.

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