Manningtree railway station

Manningtree
Location
Place	Manningtree
Local authority	Tendring
Operations
Station code	MNG
Managed by	National Express East Anglia
Number of platforms	3
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.720 million
2005/06 *	0.708 million
2006/07 *	0.865 million
2007/08 *	0.910 million
2008/09 *	0.833 million
2009/10 *	0.799 million
History
Opened 1846 (1846)
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 Manningtree from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Manningtree is a railway station which serves the town of Manningtree in Essex, England. Services are provided by National Express East Anglia. The station is on the Great Eastern Main Line between London and Norwich and is the only station on the main line between Colchester and Ipswich. Manningtree is a junction station for the important branch to Harwich, known as the Mayflower Line. Almost all of the services between Manningtree and Harwich run only the length of the Mayflower Line, but a few are through services to and from London. Some of these are boat trains (timed to connect with sailings) which run between London and Harwich International, not all the way to Harwich Town.

The station was originally opened by the Eastern Union Railway in 1846 but rebuilt by the Great Eastern Railway in 1899-1901 when the present main building was designed by W.N. Ashbee.

Immediately east of the station there is a triangle of junctions, known as Manningtree South, North and East junctions. The main line and the branch connection from London are double track, but the north to east curve connecting Ipswich with Harwich is single track. All three sides of the triangle are electrified.

A second interesting feature just east of the station is a combination of a road underpass and a level crossing. The underpass has limited height and the parallel level crossing is needed to permit higher vehicles to cross the railway.

The station has (on the westbound platform) a manned booking office and a self-service ticket machine. There is a 'side' gate west of the station building for use outside office hours and a PERTIS self-service ticket machine is available here. There is also a station buffet at the eastern end of the station building.

Train Services

The following services currently call at Manningtree:

Operator	Route	Material	Frequency	Notes
NXEA	London Liverpool Street - Colchester - Manningtree - Ipswich - Diss - Norwich	Class 90 + Mark 3 Coaching Stock	1x per hour	Not Sundays
NXEA	London Liverpool Street - Stratford - Chelmsford - Colchester - Manningtree - Ipswich - Stowmarket - Diss - Norwich	Class 90 + Mark 3 Coaching Stock	1x per hour
NXEA	London Liverpool Street - Stratford - Shenfield - Chelmsford - Hatfield Peverel - Witham - Kelvedon - Marks Tey - Colchester - Manningtree - Ipswich	Class 321, Class 360	1x per hour
NXEA	Manningtree - Mistley - Wrabness - Harwich International - Dovercourt - Harwich Town	Class 321, Class 360	1x per hour	Some services start/finish in London

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ipswich		National Express East Anglia Great Eastern Main Line		Colchester
Terminus		National Express East Anglia Mayflower Line		Mistley
Harwich International		Dutchflyer London-Amsterdam		Colchester
Historical railways
Bentley Line open, station closed		Great Eastern Railway Eastern Union Railway		Ardleigh Line open, station closed

Bus services

These services depart from outside the station. They are operated by Hedingham, Carters, Hadleigh Community Transport and First.

• 2 (Mistley - Manningtree Station - Lawford - Little Bromley - Tendring - Weeley - Clacton Shopping Village - Clacton)
• 92 (Ipswich - Holbrook - Brantham - Cattawade - Manningtree Station)
• 93C (Ipswich - Capel St Mary - East Bergholt - Brantham - Manningtree Station - Manningtree - Mistley)
• 96 (Ipswich - Wherstead - Tattingstone - Bentley - Capel St Mary - East Bergholt - Brantham - Cattawade - Manningtree Station - Manningtree - Mistley)
• 193 (East Bergholt - Cattawade - Manningtree Station - Mistley - Lawford - Ardleigh)
• 796 (Hadleigh - Raydon - East Bergholt - Cattawade - Manningtree Station)

External links

• Manningtree Rail Users Association

• Train times and station information for Manningtree railway station from National Rail