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{{Short description|Railway station in Essex, England}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}

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|name = Frinton

{{Infobox station

|image =

| name = Frinton-on-Sea

|manager = [['one']]

| symbol_location = gb

|locale = [[Frinton-on-Sea]]

| symbol = rail

|borough = [[Tendring]]

| image = Frinton-on-Sea railway station in 2006 (cropped).jpg

|exits = 0.187

| borough = [[Frinton-on-Sea]], [[Tendring District|Tendring]]

|platforms =

|start country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|51.838|1.243|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| grid_name = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|TM235204|25|TM235204}}

| manager = [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]]

| platforms = 1

| code = FRI

| classification = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] E

{{Infobox| original = Tendring Hundred Railway}}

| pregroup = [[Great Eastern Railway]]

| postgroup = [[London and North Eastern Railway]]

| years = 17 May 1867

| events = Opened as ''Frinton''

| years1 = 20 May 2007

|locale events1 = [[Renamed ''Frinton-on-Sea]]''

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.185 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 51,010}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.135 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.159 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.179 million}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]

}}

'''Frinton-on-Sea railway station''' is on the Walton branch of the [[Sunshine Coast Line]] in the [[East of England]], serving the seaside town of [[Frinton-on-Sea]], Essex. It is {{convert|68|mi|66|chain|km}} down the line from [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.s-r-s.org.uk/railref/ref-ge.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106083635/http://www.s-r-s.org.uk/railref/ref-ge.html |archive-date=6 January 2013 |title=RailRef GE Great Eastern}}</ref> and is situated between {{rws|Kirby Cross}} to the west and {{rws|Walton-on-the-Naze}} to the east. Its three-letter station code is FRI.

{{Infobox Tendring Hundred Railway}}

'''Frinton railway station''' serves the town of [[Frinton-on-Sea]] in [[Essex]], [[England]]. 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 level crossing attach a particular status to this fact. The gates are currently (2006) manually operated wooden gates, but there are proposals to replace these as the Clacton and Walton lines are resignalled, presumably with power-operated lifting barriers, which is certain to prove controversial among the residents.

The station was opened by the Tendring Hundred Railway, a subsidiary of the [[Great Eastern Railway]], in 1867.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Allen|first1=Cecil J|title=The Great Eastern Railway|date=1975|publisher=Ian Allan |___location=Shepperton|isbn=07110-0659-8|page=237|edition=Third}}</ref> It is currently managed by [[Abellio Greater Anglia|Greater Anglia]], which also operates all trains serving the station.

==External links==

{{stn art lrnk|FRI|CO139JT}}

==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.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=[[The Railway Magazine]] |date=September 1959 |editor-first=B.W.C. |editor-last=Cooke |publisher=Tothill Press Ltd |___location=Westminster |issue=701 |volume=105 |title=The Great Eastern Line in the Tendring Hundred |first=B.D.J. |last=Walsh |page=641 }}</ref>

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.

'''Frinton railway station''' serves the town of [[Frinton-on-Sea]] in [[Essex]], [[England]]. 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 level crossing attach a particular status to this fact. The gates are currently (2006) manually operatedThese wooden gates were, butuntil there are proposals to replace these as2009, the Clactononly andmanually Waltonoperated lineslevel arecrossing resignalled,gates presumablyon withthe power-operatedline. liftingThe barriers,level whichcrossing is certainnow toprotected proveby controversial amonga thebarrier residentssystem.

The station's name was changed to '''Frinton-on-Sea''' in 2007.<ref>[http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_bulletins/Changes_to_the_NRTT_from_Sunday_20th_May.html Changes to National Rail timetable from Sunday 20 May 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521102211/http://nationalrail.co.uk/service_bulletins/Changes_to_the_NRTT_from_Sunday_20th_May.html |date=21 May 2007 }} National Rail. Retrieved 2007-05-19</ref>

==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 {{rws|Felixstowe}} on Mondays, Frinton and Walton on Tuesdays, Clacton on Wednesdays, and {{rws|Thorpeness}} and {{rws|Aldeburgh}} on Thursdays and Fridays.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Watling|first1=John|title=Pullman cars and the Great Eastern part 5|journal=Great Eastern Journal|date=January 1992|issue=69|page=6}}</ref> The service ended in September 1939 at the outset of [[World War II]].

The current service pattern is:

{| class="wikitable vatop"

! Operator

! Route

! Rolling stock

! Frequency

! Notes

|-

| [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]]

| [[Colchester railway station|Colchester]] - [[Colchester Town railway station|Colchester Town]] - [[Hythe (Essex) railway station|Hythe]] - [[Wivenhoe railway station|Wivenhoe]] - [[Alresford (Essex) railway station|Alresford]] - [[Great Bentley railway station|Great Bentley]] - [[Weeley railway station|Weeley]] - [[Thorpe-le-Soken railway station|Thorpe-le-Soken]] - [[Kirby Cross railway station|Kirby Cross]] - Frinton-on-Sea - [[Walton-on-the-Naze railway station|Walton-on-the-Naze]]

| [[British Rail Class 720|Class 720]]

| 1x per hour

|Monday-Saturday

|-

|[[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]]

|[[Thorpe-le-Soken railway station|Thorpe-le-Soken]] - [[Kirby Cross railway station|Kirby Cross]] - Frinton-on-Sea - [[Walton-on-the-Naze railway station|Walton-on-the-Naze]]

|[[British Rail Class 720|Class 720]]

|1x per hour

|Sunday

|}

Passengers for {{rws|Clacton-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.

== References ==

{{reflist}}

== External links ==

{{stn art lrnk|FRI|CO139JT}}

{{Commons category|Frinton-on-Sea railway station}}

{{rail start}}

{{s-rail-national |toc=Greater Anglia |route=[[Sunshine Coast Line]]<br />Walton branch |next=Walton-on-the-Naze|previous=Kirby Cross}}

{{rail line|previous=[[Kirby Cross railway station|Kirby Cross]]|next=[[Walton-on-Naze railway station|Walton-on-Naze]]|route=[['one']]<br><small>[[Colchester to Clacton Line]]</small>|col=516A7F}}

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{{Railway stations served by Abellio Greater Anglia}}

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[[Category:Railway stations in Essex]]

[[Category:DfT Category E stations]]

[[Category:Former Great Eastern Railway stations]]

[[Category:Railway stations served by Greater Anglia]]

[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1867]]

[[Category:Tendring]]