Great Bentley railway station (formerly Bentley Green railway station) is a staffed railway station serving Great Bentley in Essex, England. The station is located 60 miles (97 km) 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 Greater 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 £104 million Colchester to Clacton Resignalling Project.
Both platforms are much lower than is usual for those on the British railway network.
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