Dovercourt  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Dovercourt,Tendring England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°56′20″N1°16′52″E / 51.939°N 1.281°E /51.939; 1.281 | ||||
| Grid reference | TM255317 | ||||
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
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| Station code | DVC | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Eastern Union Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
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| 15 August 1854 (1854-08-15) | Opened as Dovercourt | ||||
| 1 May 1913 | Renamed Dovercourt Bay | ||||
| 14 December 1972 | Renamed Dovercourt | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.164 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 46,460 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.118 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.130 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.149 million | ||||
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Dovercourt railway station is on theMayflower Line, a branch of theGreat Eastern Main Line, in theEast of England, serving the seaside town ofDovercourt, Essex. It is 70 miles 19 chains (113.04 km) fromLondon Liverpool Street and is situated betweenHarwich International to the west andHarwich Town to the east. Its three-letter station code is DVC.
The station is currently operated byGreater Anglia, which also runs all trains serving the station.
The station was opened by theEastern Union Railway on 15 August 1854 and was originally namedDovercourt. Its name was changed toDovercourt Bay on 1 May 1913, but reverted toDovercourt on 14 December 1972.[1][2]
Today passenger operations are confined to a bi-directional single electrified track, using what was the "up" track in the days when services through the station were operated on both tracks by steam and diesel locomotives. The unnumbered platform has an operational length for eight-coach trains.[3] The remains of what was the "down" platform survive. The down platform also had a rather sizeable canopy, which was of little benefit given that most use of the platform was by passengers arriving. The bridge that linked the two platforms has since been removed. The only station beyond Dovercourt on the down side is Harwich Town, which is a relatively short walking distance. The station also had asignal box which was positioned at the west (London) end of the down platform;[2] it controlled the occasional goods movements to short sidings at both ends of the up platform, which were used for coal and other goods deliveries to the town.
As of December 2015[update] 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 Harwich Town andManningtree calling at all stations, although some are extended to or fromColchester and/or London Liverpool Street.[4]
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