Mistley railway station is on the Mayflower Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the village of

Mistley Mistley is a large village and civil parish in the Tendring district of northeast Essex, England. It is around 11 miles northeast of Colchester and is east of, and almost contiguous with, Manningtree. The parish consists of Mistley and New Mist ...

, Essex. It is down the line from

London Liverpool Street Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate Without. It is the t ...

and is situated between to the west and to the east. Its three-letter station code is MIS. The station was opened by the

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in 1854. It is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station.

History

Mistley was opened by the Eastern Union Railway in 1854 and the brick-built two-storey Italianate station building (now in alternative use) was probably designed by Frederick Barnes. The building is Grade II

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. Platform 1 (London bound) and platform 2 (Harwich bound) have an operational length for four-coach trains. There is a siding on the "up" (London-bound) side at the country (east) end which earlier had additionally included a long curved incline which allowed goods movements down to the quayside using horse power. This was later replaced by a spur with a much steeper incline down to the quays on the down side at the country end. At the London (west) end of the "down" side there are several sidings which were for movements to and from the malt works. There was a signal box at the London end of the "down" platform which having been taken out of service on the introduction of multiple aspect signalling in September 1985, was not allowed to be demolished as it was in a conservation area, so it was offered by Tendring Council and British Railways to the East Anglian Railway Museum at , to where it was moved in November 1985 and installed on to a brick base and today is again fully operational.

Services

the typical weekday off-peak service on the line is one train per hour in each direction, although some additional services run at peak times. Trains operate between and Manningtree, calling at all stations, although some are extended to or from and/or London Liverpool Street. There is also one direct train a day on Monday to Fridays from Mistley to Ipswich (continuing on to Cambridge) during the morning peak, which is operated by a diesel unit.

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{{Railway stations served by Abellio Greater Anglia Railway stations in Essex DfT Category F1 stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1854 Former Great Eastern Railway stations Greater Anglia franchise railway stations Tendring