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Alresford railway station (Essex)

Railway station in Essex, England

Summary

Railway station in Essex, England

Field	Value
name	Alresford
symbol_location	gb
symbol	rail
image	Alresford (Essex) railway station 062188.jpg
borough	Alresford, Tendring
country	England
grid_name	Grid reference
grid_position
manager	Greater Anglia
platforms	2
code	ALR
classification	DfT category E
years	8 January 1866
events	Opened
mpassengers
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2020/21	passengers= 15,816}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2021/22	passengers= 47,180}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2022/23	passengers= 63,450}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2023/24	passengers= 85,564}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2024/25	passengers= 97,088}}
footnotes	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Alresford railway station is on the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the village of Alresford, Essex. It is 57 mi down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between to the west and to the east. In official literature it is shown as Alresford (Essex) in order to distinguish it from the station of the same name in Hampshire. Its three-letter station code is ALR.

The station was opened by the Tendring Hundred Railway in 1866. It is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station.

History

The station and single-track railway line was built, and opened on March 4, 1866, by the Tendring Hundred Railway using trains from the Great Eastern Railway. Trains originally ran between St Botolph's, Colchester and Weeley five times per day. In 1867, the line was extended to Walton-on-the-Naze. In the early 1880's the Great Eastern Railway bought up the local railway companies. It later became part of the London and North Eastern Railway following the Grouping of 1923, and then passed to the Eastern Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948. After sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.

Prior to the electrification of the line, the ticket clerk operated the level crossing gates, the home and distant signals on both the "up" (London-bound) and "down" (country-bound) lines, and his own level crossing gate lock and the one for the level crossing a short distance down the line, at all times that the signal box was unstaffed. Edward Burbage fulfilled this duty for nearly 50 years. The crossing gates were replaced with automatic barriers as part of an upgrade of the line in 2008 and 2009.

Tickets are sold from a machine in Station Road as the original station building has been disused for many years but has been maintained by volunteers. In 2016 it was reported that the line franchisee, Abellio Greater Anglia, planned to demolish the station building and provide platform shelters in its place. It also planned to demolish the station buildings at and . The buildings were subsequently offered to Tendring District Council for £1 each, should the council wish to renovate them.

Services

The typical off-peak service pattern is:

Operator	Route	Rolling stock	Frequency	Notes
Greater Anglia	Colchester - Colchester Town - Hythe - Wivenhoe - Alresford - Great Bentley - Weeley - Thorpe-le-Soken - Kirby Cross - Frinton-on-Sea - Walton-on-the-Naze		1x per hour	Monday-Saturday
Greater Anglia	London Liverpool Street - Stratford - Shenfield - Chelmsford - Witham - Colchester-Hythe- Wivenhoe - Alresford - Great Bentley - Thorpe-le-Soken - Clacton-on-Sea		1x per hour	Sundays only

At peak times there are some additional services that are extended Walton-on-the-Naze services to London Liverpool Street or Clacton-on-Sea services stopping here

References

Station on navigable O.S. map

References

Wikipedia Source

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