Wivenhoe railway station
Wivenhoe 
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Wivenhoe railway station in 2008
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| Location | |
| Place | Wivenhoe |
| Local authority | Colchester |
| Coordinates | 51°51′25″N 0°57′22″E / 51.857°N 0.956°ECoordinates: 51°51′25″N 0°57′22″E / 51.857°N 0.956°E |
| Grid reference | TM112214 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WIV |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.354 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.351 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.368 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.379 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.383 million |
| History | |
| 8 May 1863 | Opened as Wivenhoe |
| July 1879 | Renamed Wyvenhoe |
| October 1911 | Renamed Wivenhoe |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Wivenhoe from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Wivenhoe railway station is on the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the small town of Wivenhoe, Essex. It is 56 miles 4 chains (90.2 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Hythe to the west and Alresford to the east. Its three-letter station code is WIV.
The station was opened by the Tendring Hundred Railway, a subsidiary of the Great Eastern Railway, in 1863. It has two platforms, a manned ticket office, and is currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also runs all trains serving the station.
It is a short distance from the River Colne at Wivenhoe quay and its car park is the starting point of the Wivenhoe Trail, a cycle track that runs alongside the river to Colchester.
Wivenhoe station was opened on 8 May 1863 by the Tendring Hundred Railway, which was worked by the Great Eastern Railway. From July 1879 its name was spelled Wyvenhoe; in October 1911 it reverted to the original spelling, Wivenhoe.
A few hundred metres east of the station there was a junction for the single-track branch line to Brightlingsea. This branch was opened in 1866 and closed as part of the Beeching cuts in 1964 and the tracks lifted. A bridge over Alresford Creek was also later demolished.
The typical Monday to Saturday service is of two trains per hour in each direction. In the "up" (London-bound) direction, one of these trains calls at Colchester, Witham, Chelmsford, Ingatestone, Shenfield and Stratford before terminating at London Liverpool Street. The other "up" train calls at Hythe and Colchester Town before terminating at Colchester.
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