Althorne railway station

Althorne
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Location
Place	Althorne
Local authority	Maldon
Grid reference	TQ905979
Operations
Station code	ALN
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	43,158
2005/06	39,640
2006/07	34,042
2007/08	46,917
2008/09	42,418
2009/10	35,084
2010/11	36,708
2011/12	37,006
2012/13	38,346
2013/14	43,006
History
Original company	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
1 July 1889	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Althorne from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Althorne railway station is on the Crouch Valley Line in the East of England, serving the village of Althorne, Essex. It is 40 miles 29 chains (65.0 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between North Fambridge to the east and Burnham-on-Crouch to the west. Its three-letter station code is ALN.

The line and station were opened by the Great Eastern Railway in 1889. They passed to the London and North Eastern Railway following the Grouping of 1923, and then to the Eastern Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948. When sectorisation was introduced, Althorne was served by Network South East until the privatisation of British Railways.

Today the station is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it. The typical off-peak service is of one westbound train every 40 minutes to Wickford and one eastbound train every 40 minutes to Southminster, with additional services at peak times. Some peak services continue to or from Shenfield and/or London Liverpool Street via the Great Eastern Main Line.

External links

• Train times and station information for Althorne railway station from National Rail
• Station on navigable O.S. map
• History of the Crouch Valley Line
• Local information about Crouch Valley Line

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
North Fambridge		Abellio Greater Anglia Crouch Valley Line		Burnham-on-Crouch