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Mistley railway station

Railway station in Essex, England

Summary

Railway station in Essex, England

Field	Value
name	Mistley
symbol_location	gb
symbol	rail
image	Mistley railway station.jpg
caption	The station in October 2012
borough	Mistley, Tendring
country	England
grid_name	Grid reference
grid_position
manager	Greater Anglia
platforms	2
code	MIS
classification	DfT category F1
opened	15 August 1854
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{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2020/21	passengers= 14,418}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2021/22	passengers= 36,520}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2022/23	passengers= 47,958}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2023/24	passengers= 54,074}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2024/25	passengers= 63,776}}
footnotes	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Mistley railway station is on the Mayflower Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the village of Mistley, Essex. It is 61 mi down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between to the west and to the east. Its three-letter station code is MIS.

The station was opened by the Eastern Union Railway in 1854. It is managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station.

History

Mistley was opened by the Eastern Union Railway in 1854 and the brick-built two-storey Italianate station building (now in alternative use) was probably designed by Frederick Barnes. The building is Grade II listed.

Platform 1 (London bound) and platform 2 (Harwich bound) have an operational length for four-coach trains. There is a siding on the "up" (London-bound) side at the country (east) end which earlier had additionally included a long curved incline which allowed goods movements down to the quayside using horsepower. This was later replaced by a spur with a much steeper incline down to the quays on the downside at the country end. At the London (west) end of the "down" side there are several sidings which were for movements to and from the malt works.

There was a signal box at the London end of the "down" platform which having been taken out of service on the introduction of multiple aspect signalling in September 1985, was not allowed to be demolished as it was in a conservation area, so it was offered by Tendring Council and British Railways to the East Anglian Railway Museum at , to where it was moved in November 1985 and installed on to a brick base and today is again fully operational.

Services

the typical weekday off-peak service on the line is one train per hour in each direction, although some additional services run at peak times. Trains operate between and Manningtree, calling at all stations, although some are extended to or from and/or London Liverpool Street. There is also one direct train a day on Monday to Friday from Mistley to Ipswich (continuing on to Cambridge) during the morning peak, which is operated by a diesel unit.

References

Kay, Peter. (2006). "Essex Railway Heritage". Peter Kay.
"Mistley Station".
Brailsford, Martyn. (2016). "Railway Track Diagrams Volume 2 Eastern". Trackmaps.
Mitchell, Vic. (June 2011). "Branch Lines to Harwich and Hadleigh". Middleton Press.
{{harvnb. Mitchell. 2011
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"East Anglian Railway Museum".
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