Mistley
The station in 2012
General information
Location	Mistley, Tendring England
Grid reference	TM118317
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	MIS
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	1854
Passengers
2018/19	75,366
2019/20	71,784
2020/21	14,418
2021/22	36,520
2022/23	47,958
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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, Essex. It is 61 miles 14 chains (98.45 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Manningtree to the west and Wrabness to the east. Its three-letter station code is MIS.

The station was opened by the Eastern Union Railway in 1854. It is 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.^[1] The building is Grade II listed.^[2]

Platform 1 (London bound) and platform 2 (Harwich bound) have an operational length for four-coach trains.^[3] 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 horsepower.^[4] This was later replaced by a spur with a much steeper incline down to the quays on the downside at the country end.^[5] At the London (west) end of the "down" side there are several sidings which were for movements to and from the malt works.^[6]

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 Chappel & Wakes Colne, to where it was moved in November 1985 and installed on to a brick base and today is again fully operational.^[7]

Services

As of December 2015^[update] 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 Harwich Town and Manningtree, calling at all stations, although some are extended to or from Colchester and/or London Liverpool Street. There is also one direct train a day on Monday to Friday from Mistley to Ipswich (continuing on to Cambridge) during the morning peak,^[8] which is operated by a diesel unit.^{[citation needed]}