Station Details for Frinton-on-Sea

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Station Accessible information

• Step-free category:

  This station has step free access to the single platform for trains towards both Walton-on-the-Naze, and Thorpe-Le-Soken and Colchester.

  This station is a category A station according to ORR station classification system. https://www.orr.gov.uk/media/10955

  Assistance meeting point is the ticket office / platform.

• : A
• Helpline:

  We want everyone to travel with confidence. That is why, if you are planning on travelling on national rail services, you can request an assistance booking in advance - now up to 2 hours before your journey is due to start, any time of the day. For more information about Passenger Assist and how to request an assistance booking via Passenger Assist, please click here.

• Help Points:

  Help points can be found at the following location(s):

  • Platform 1 (for trains towards both Walton-on-the-Naze, and Thorpe-Le-Soken and Colchester) - Near the side entrance to the platform, fixed to the platform-facing wall of the station building
• Induction Loop: Induction loops are only in Help Points
• Accessible Toilets: No
• Changing Places: No
• Staff Assistance:
  • Monday to Friday 06:00-13:00
  • Saturday 05:40-13:00
  • Sunday 08:10-15:50
  • Assistance at this station is provided by a staff member during ticket office opening hours. On board conductors also operate on this route and can provide assistance to board and alight at all times. Booking is recommended.
  • What assistance is available for customers using this station?
  • How can Turn Up And Go (TUAG) assistance be requested by customers using this station?
• Train Ramp: Ramps are kept at this station to provide assistance
• Wheelchairs Available: No
• Passenger Assistance:
  • Ticket Office

    Meeting point is the ticket office when staffed. Part Time staffed station. Please check opening times on National Rail Enquiries.

  • Platform

    Meet on the platform when ticket office is closed. Assistance is provided by the conductor.

• Drop-off / pick-up points:
• Accessible ticket counters:
  • Ticket buying and collection, Concourse

    There are ticket counters here

    There is no Low-Level counter here

    There are only induction loops at high-level ticket counters

    There are no ticket machines here

• Accessible ticket machines:
  • Ticket buying and collection, platform 1. There is space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair. The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users
• Printed local info: There is accessible printed information available
• Announcements: Announcements are made both visually and audibly
• Customer service notes:

  Monday-Saturday 08:00-20:00Sunday 10:00-20:00Bank Holidays 09:00-18:00

  The hours shown are for the Customer Relations team on 0345 600 7245 (option 8).

  Closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Station General information

• Station operator: Greater Anglia
• Ticket office:
  • Monday to Friday 06:00-13:00
  • Saturday 05:40-13:00
  • Sunday 08:10-15:50
• Ticket machines:
  • Ticket buying and collection, platform 1
• Collect online booked tickets: Yes
• London fare zone:
• Oyster card:
• Smartcard: Yes
• Contactless cards: No
• Sheltered waiting available: Yes
• Waiting rooms:
  • Waiting room
• First class lounge: No
• Staffing level: Part Time
• Information from staff:
  • Yes - from help point
  • Yes - from ticket office
• Staff assistance:
  • Assistance at this station is provided by a staff member during ticket office opening hours. On board conductors also operate on this route and can provide assistance to board and alight at all times. Booking is recommended.
  • What assistance is available for customers using this station?
  • How can Turn Up And Go (TUAG) assistance be requested by customers using this station?
• Toilets:
  • Male toilet, Platform 1
  • Female toilet, Platform 1
• Baby changing available: No
• Transport links:
  • Replacement Bus.

    Rail replacement bus services pick up and drop off at the front of the station, in the car park.

  • Taxi. There is taxi provision
• CCTV available: Yes
• WiFi available:

  Find WiFi Hotspots around Frinton on Sea station

• Refreshments:

  The Railway Café

• Shops:
• Luggage storage: No
• Lost property: Yes
• ATM machine: No
• Currency exchange: No
• Postbox: No
• Defibrillator available: Yes
• Trolleys available: No
• Cycle storage: 16 spaces. Racks. Sheltered.

  There is one sheltered cycle parking areas providing 16 spaces located on Platform 1 (for trains towards both Walton-on-the-Naze, and Thorpe-Le-Soken and Colchester), near the steps of the former footbridge.

• Car parks:
  • Accessible parking
  • Station Car Park.
    Spaces:21
• Taxi rank available: Yes
• Customer information screens:
  • Departure Screens
  • Announcements

Station lift information

• No lift information available