Great Bentley railway station
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| Great Bentley station house, situated on the Eastbound Platform 2. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Great Bentley |
| Local authority | Tendring |
| Coordinates | 51°51′07″N 1°03′54″E / 51.852°N 1.065°ECoordinates: 51°51′07″N 1°03′54″E / 51.852°N 1.065°E |
| Operations | |
| Station code | GRB |
| Managed by | National Express East Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2002/03 * |  68,188 |
| 2004/05 * | 74,247 |
| 2005/06 * |  67,635 |
| 2006/07 * | 76,266 |
| 2007/08 * | 64,770 |
| 2008/09 * | 73,916 |
| 2009/10 * | 71,628 |
| History | |
| 8 January 1866 | Station opens as Bentley Green |
| 1877 | Renamed to Great Bentley |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Great Bentley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Great Bentley railway station (formerly Bentley Green railway station) is a staffed railway station serving Great Bentley in Essex, England. The station is located 96 km (60 mi) north east of London Liverpool Street on the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line. The station is located at street level on Station Road in the centre of the village. The railway station is owned by Network Rail and managed by National Express East Anglia who operate all services to London Liverpool Street, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester and Walton-on-the-Naze. The station is also used by commuters from the nearby town of Brightlingsea as well as Frating, Thorrington and St Osyth.
There are two platforms. Platform 1 is for services towards Colchester and London Liverpool Street. Platform 2 is for services towards Clacton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze. The service frequency at Great Bentley varies throughout the day. Hourly local services operate to Colchester and Walton-on-the-Naze during the Off-Peak, and frequent express services operate to London Liverpool Street and Clacton-on-Sea during the Peak hours.
Network Rail replaced the manually controlled level crossing gates at Great Bentley with barriers in December 2008 as part of the £104m Colchester to Clacton Resignalling Project.
Both platforms are much lower than is usual for those on the British railway network.
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[edit] Train Services
The following services currently call at Great Bentley:
| Operator | Route | Material | Frequency | Notes |
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| NXEA | London Liverpool Street - Stratford - Shenfield - Chelmsford - Witham - Colchester - Wivenhoe - Alresford - Great Bentley - Thorpe-le-Soken - Clacton-on-Sea | Class 321, Class 360 | 1x per hour | Sundays only |
| NXEA | Colchester - Colchester Town - Hythe - Wivenhoe - Alresford - Great Bentley - Weeley - Thorpe-le-Soken - Kirby Cross - Frinton-on-Sea - Walton-on-the-Naze | Class 321 | 1x per hour | Not Sundays |
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
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Weekday express services & Sundays
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Line open, station closed
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Great Eastern Railway |
Line and station open
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[edit] History
The station opened in 1866 as Bentley Green before changing to its current name of Great Bentley in 1877.
[edit] Car Park Extension
In December 2009, Network Rail gave its approval to Great Bentley Parish Council to turn the disused railway siding adjacent to Platform 2 of the railway station into a car park.[1] Once built, it will significantly increase the current parking capacity at the station and will hopefully put an end to the ongoing congestion problems in the village. The car park will also attract commuters to use the station from nearby towns and villages without a rail link, such as Brightlingsea, Frating, Thorrington and St Osyth. A growth in the passenger usage at Great Bentley should result in more express trains stopping here. In April 2010, Network Rail confirmed they have completed all their checks and procedures regarding the proposed car park and are ready to begin negotiating a lease with the Parish Council.
[edit] Facilities
The facilities at Great Bentley include:
- Ticket Office (Staffed from 07:00 - 14:00 on weekdays; 06:30 - 13:30 on Saturdays and closed on Sundays)
- Self service ticket machine
- Waiting shelters
- Waiting room
- Stands for bicycles
- Car park (a new larger car park is currently under construction)
- Toilets
- Customer Information Screens
- PA System
[edit] Bus services
The following bus services stop outside the station forecourt.
77: Aingers Green - Great Bentley - Colchester (Mon-Fri: every 60 mins, Sat: every 120 mins).
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Great Bentley railway station from National Rail
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Great Bentley railway station |
- Great Bentley village website with a picture of two steam locomotives at this station
- Great Bentley station interactive plan
- Live departures from Great Bentley
