General information | |||||
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Location | Kelvedon and Feering, District of Braintree England | ||||
Coordinates | 51°50′27.29″N 0°42′09.85″E / 51.8409139°N 0.7027361°E | ||||
Grid reference | TL862192 | ||||
Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | KEL | ||||
Classification | DfT category C2 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Eastern Counties Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
29 March 1843 | Opened | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.848 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.798 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.120 million | ||||
2021/22 | 0.356 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.482 million | ||||
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Kelvedon railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) in the East of England, serving the villages of Kelvedon and Feering, Essex. It is also the closest station to the settlements of Coggeshall and Tiptree. Kelvedon is 42 miles 18 chains (68.0 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street. It is situated between Witham to the west and Marks Tey and to the east.[1] Its three-letter station code is KEL.
The station was opened in 1843 by the Eastern Counties Railway. It is currently operated by Greater Anglia, who also operate all trains serving it, as part of the East Anglia franchise.
To the north-east was a separate station called Kelvedon Low Level, which until 1951 was the terminus of the now disused Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway.