Braintree Freeport | |
Symbol Location: | gb |
Symbol: | rail |
Borough: | Braintree, Braintree |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 51.869°N 0.567°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Manager: | Greater Anglia |
Platforms: | 1 |
Code: | BTP |
Classification: | DfT category F2 |
Opened: | 8 November 1999 |
Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Braintree Freeport railway station is on the Braintree Branch Line in the East of England, serving the Braintree Village shopping centre (formerly known as Braintree Freeport). It is 44miles down the line from London Liverpool Street via and it is situated between to the south and to the north. Its three-letter station code is BTP.[1] The platform has an operational length for eight-coach trains.
The station is managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it.
The station was opened on 8 November 1999. There is a single, unstaffed platform with a shelter and a self-service ticket machine but there is no station building or other facilities.
All services at Braintree Freeport are operated by Greater Anglia using EMUs.
The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between and London Liverpool Street via with additional services calling at the station during the peak hours.
On Sundays, southbound services at the station run only as far as Witham.