Alresford  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Alresford,Tendring England | ||||
| Grid reference | TM064215 | ||||
| Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | ALR | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 8 January 1866 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  65,602 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  15,816 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 47,180 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 63,450 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 85,564 | ||||
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Alresford railway station is on theSunshine Coast Line, a branch of theGreat Eastern Main Line, in theEast of England, serving the village ofAlresford, Essex. It is 57 miles 63 chains (93.0 km) down the line fromLondon Liverpool Street[1] and is situated betweenWivenhoe to the west andGreat Bentley to the east. In official literature it is shown asAlresford (Essex) in order to distinguish it from thestation 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 byGreater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station.
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The station and single-track railway line was built, and opened on March 4, 1866, by the Tendring Hundred Railway using trains from theGreat Eastern Railway. Trains originally ran between St Botolph's, Colchester andWeeley five times per day. In 1867, the line was extended to Walton-on-the-Naze. In the early 1880's theGreat Eastern Railway bought up the local railway companies. It later became part of theLondon and North Eastern Railway following theGrouping of 1923, and then passed to theEastern Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948. Aftersectorisation was introduced, the station was served byNetwork SouthEast until theprivatisation 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 thesignal 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.[2]
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 atWeeley andKirby Cross.[3] The buildings were subsequently offered toTendring District Council for £1 each, should the council wish to renovate them.[4]
The typical off-peak service pattern is:
| Operator | Route | Rolling stock | Frequency | Notes |
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| Greater Anglia | Colchester -Colchester Town -Hythe -Wivenhoe - Alresford -Great Bentley -Weeley -Thorpe-le-Soken -Kirby Cross -Frinton-on-Sea -Walton-on-the-Naze | Class 720 | 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 | Class 720 | 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
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Greater Anglia | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
Line and station open | Great Eastern Railway Tendring Hundred Extension Railway | Line open, station closed | ||
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