Station code FRI DfT category E Number of platforms 1 | Grid reference TM235204 Managed by Abellio Greater Anglia 2011/12 0.176 million | |
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Similar Royal Norfolk Regiment, Thorpe‑le‑Soken railway station, Kirby Cross railway station, Combined Military Services, Walton‑on‑the‑Naze railway station | ||
Frinton-on-Sea railway station is on the Walton section of the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the seaside town of Frinton-on-Sea, Essex. It is 68 miles 71 chains (110.9 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Kirby Cross to the west and Walton-on-the-Naze to the east. Its three-letter station code is FRI.
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The station was opened by the Tendring Hundred Railway, a subsidiary of the Great Eastern Railway, in 1867. It is currently managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station.
History
The station was opened with the name Frinton by the Tendring Hundred Railway (THR) in 1867. The Great Eastern Railway (GER) acquired the THR and the adjacent Clacton-on-Sea Railway on 1 July 1883. The Wivenhoe & Brightlingsea line was absorbed by the GER on 9 June 1893.
The line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923 and then the Eastern Region of British Railways in 1948 following nationalisation of the railways.
The station is immediately to the west of a level 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 to Frinton-on-Sea in 2007.
Services
In 1929 the LNER introduced luxurious Pullman day excursion trips from Liverpool Street to various seaside resorts. The service known as the Eastern Belle served Felixstowe on Mondays, Frinton and Walton on Tuesdays, Clacton on Wednesdays, and Thorpeness and Aldeburgh on Thursdays and Fridays. The service ended in September 1939 at the outset of World War II.
The current service pattern is:
Passengers for Clacton-on-Sea must change at Thorpe-le-Soken for a connection.