Frinton-on-Sea railway station

Frinton-on-Sea
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
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.184 million
2005/06	0.176 million
2006/07	0.187 million
2007/08	0.172 million
2008/09	0.174 million
2009/10	0.166 million
2010/11	0.168 million
2011/12	0.176 million
2012/13	0.175 million
2013/14	0.190 million
2014/15	0.197 million
History
Key dates	Opened 17 May 1867
Original company	Tendring Hundred Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
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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 and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Frinton-on-Sea railway station is on the Walton section of the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the seaside town of Frinton-on-Sea, Essex. It is 68 miles 71 chains (110.9 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street^[1] and is situated between Kirby Cross to the west and Walton-on-the-Naze to the east. Its three-letter station code is FRI.

The station was opened by the Tendring Hundred Railway, a subsidiary of the Great Eastern Railway, in 1867.^[2] It is currently managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station.

History

The station was opened with the name Frinton by the Tendring Hundred Railway (THR) in 1867. The Great Eastern Railway (GER) acquired the THR and the adjacent Clacton-on-Sea Railway on 1 July 1883. The Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea line was absorbed by the GER on 9 June 1893.^[3]

The line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923 and then the Eastern Region of British Railways in 1948 following nationalisation of the 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 crossing attach a particular status to this fact. These wooden gates were, until 2009, the only manually-operated level crossing gates on the line. The level crossing is now protected by a barrier system.

The station's name was changed to Frinton-on-Sea in 2007.^[4]

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 Tuesdays, Clacton on Wednesdays, and Thorpeness and Aldeburgh on Thursdays and Fridays.^[5] The service ended in September 1939 at the outset of World War II.

The current service pattern is:

Operator	Route	Rolling stock	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

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

References

1. http://www.s-r-s.org.uk/railref/ref-ge.html
2. Allen, Cecil J (1975). The Great Eastern Railway (Third ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 237. ISBN 07110 0659 8.
3. 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.
4. Changes to National Rail timetable from Sunday 20 May 2007 National Rail. Retrieved 2007-05-19
5. Watling, John (January 1992). "Pullman cars and the Great Eastern part 5". Great Eastern Journal (69): 6.

External links

• Train times and station information for Frinton-on-Sea railway station from National Rail