Great Bentley railway station

Great Bentley
Great Bentley railway station
General information
Location	Great Bentley, Tendring England
Coordinates	51°51′07″N 1°03′54″E / 51.852°N 1.065°E / 51.852; 1.065
Grid reference	TM112214
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	GRB
Classification	DfT category E
Key dates
8 January 1866	Opened as Bentley Green
1877	Renamed Great Bentley
Passengers
2018/19	81,144
2019/20	78,634
2020/21	18,728
2021/22	50,764
2022/23	64,860
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Great Bentley railway station is on the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the village of Great Bentley as well as the nearby settlements of Brightlingsea, Frating, Thorrington and St Osyth. It is 60 miles 66 chains (97.9 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street^[1] and is situated between Alresford to the west and Weeley to the east. Its three-letter station code is GRB.

The station was opened by the Tendring Hundred Railway, a subsidiary of the Great Eastern Railway, in 1866 with the name Bentley Green. It was renamed Great Bentley in 1877. It is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station.