Frinton-on-Sea  | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Frinton-on-Sea,Tendring England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°50′17″N1°14′35″E / 51.838°N 1.243°E /51.838; 1.243 | ||||
| Grid reference | TM235204 | ||||
| Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | FRI | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Tendring Hundred Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
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| July 1888 | Opened asFrinton | ||||
| 20 May 2007 | RenamedFrinton-on-Sea | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  0.185 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 51,010 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.135 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.159 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.179 million | ||||
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Frinton-on-Sea railway station is on the Walton branch of theSunshine Coast Line in theEast of England, serving the seaside town ofFrinton-on-Sea, Essex. It is 68 miles 66 chains (110.8 km) down the line fromLondon Liverpool Street[1] and is situated betweenKirby Cross to the west andWalton-on-the-Naze to the east. Its three-letter station code is FRI.
The station was opened byGreat Eastern Railway in 1888. It is currently managed byGreater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station.
This section of line was built as theTendring Hundred Railway and opened in 1867.[2] The Tendring Hundred Railway was operated by theGreat Eastern Railway, which subsequently bought the line and the adjacent Clacton-on-Sea Railway on 1 July 1883.[3]
When the line first opened there was no station at Frinton, which was then a very small village. The nearest stations were at Kirby Cross and Walton-on-the-Naze. In the mid-1880s developers began to lay out a new resort town at Frinton, and reached an agreement with the railway company to build a new station.[4] The station was opened with the nameFrinton in July 1888.[5]
The line became part of theLondon and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923 and then theEastern Region of British Railways in 1948 following nationalisation of the railways.
The station is immediately to the west of alevel crossing that provides road access to Frinton. Residents of the town who live inside the gates of the crossing attach a particular status to this fact. These wooden gates were, until 2009, the only manually operated level crossing gates on the line. The level crossing is now protected by a barrier system.
The station's name was changed toFrinton-on-Sea in 2007.[6]
In 1929 the LNER introduced luxurious Pullman day excursion trips from Liverpool Street to various seaside resorts. The service known as the Eastern Belle servedFelixstowe on Mondays, Frinton and Walton on Tuesdays, Clacton on Wednesdays, andThorpeness andAldeburgh on Thursdays and Fridays.[7] The service ended in September 1939 at the outset ofWorld War II.
The current 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 | Thorpe-le-Soken -Kirby Cross - Frinton-on-Sea -Walton-on-the-Naze | Class 720 | 1x per hour | Sunday |
Passengers forClacton-on-Sea must change at Thorpe-le-Soken for a connection, except for the final Thorpe-le-Soken-bound train of the day on weekdays.
The nearest railway station to the estate is Kirby Cross, but we are informed that the agreement with the Railway Company is now complete, and they will commence the erection of a new station at Frinton very shortly.
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Greater Anglia Sunshine Coast Line Walton branch | ||||
