Frinton-on-Sea railway station
railway station in Frinton-on-Sea, Tendring, Essex, England, UK
Frinton-on-Sea railway station serves the seaside town of Frinton-on-Sea, in Essex, England. It lies on the Walton branch of the Sunshine Coast Line, 68 miles 66 chains (110.8 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street; it is situated between Kirby Cross to the west and Walton-on-the-Naze to the east. The station was opened by Great Eastern Railway in 1888. It is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station.
History
This section of line was built as the Tendring Hundred Railway and opened in 1867. The Tendring Hundred Railway was operated by the Great Eastern Railway, which subsequently bought the line and the adjacent Clacton-on-Sea Railway on 1 July 1883.
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. The station was opened with the name Frinton in July 1888.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5504626. Authority coordinates are 51.838, 1.243. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1888, 1867 and 1883.
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