Wivenhoe railway station is on the Tendring Hundred Railway (referred to informally as the Clacton line) and serves the small town of Wivenhoe in Essex, England. It is operated by Greater Anglia. The station has two platforms and a footbridge, and a manned ticket office and waiting room. It is only a short walk from the station to the River Colne at Wivenhoe quay, and the station car park is also the starting point of the Wivenhoe Trail, a cycle track that runs alongside the river into Colchester (about 4 miles).
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