Greater Anglia Trains at Witham on August 6th 2022

2nd visit to Witham Station on the Great Eastern Main Line first time since July 2019 which is also the Junction for the Single Branch Line to Braintree

Witham was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in March 1843 when the Great Eastern Main Line was extended from Brentwood to Colchester.

The station became a busy junction 5 years later in October 1848 when the Maldon, Witham & Braintree Railway opened a connecting branch line to Maldon later extending to Woodham Ferrers.

Passenger Services to Woodham Ferrers declined after World War II which closed from Maldon to Woodham Ferrers in 1953 with the whole line closing to passengers in 1964 before closing to goods trains 3 years only.

The Braintree Branch Line opened from Bishops Stortford by the GER in 1869 however lost it's passenger services in 1952 which passenger services were cut back to Braintree although freight did continue until 1971 when freight services were withdrawn.

Braintree services run Monday - Saturdays through to London Liverpool Street however on Sundays all services are cut back to Witham.

The stations 4 platform layout with Platform 4 mainly used by services to and from Braintree whilst Platform 1 is used by stopping services allowing intercity services to overtake which also both can be used for Freight services as well.

At peak time Monday - Friday services from London Liverpool Street can terminate here via Platform 1.

All Greater Anglia services except for Norwich services call here however some Norwich trains do call at Witham however only 2 trains a day with one in the morning and one in the evening.

The Class 321s and ex Northern Class 322s are in their final months of operation on Greater Anglia which are gradually being replaced by Class 720s being built in Derby however since January 2021 now manufactured by Alstom

Full replacement is due to be completed by Mid 2023 according to Greater Anglia

The Intercity Services are nowadays operated by Class 745s built by Stadler in Bossang, Switzerland which gradually replaced the loco set hauled Class 90s between September 2019 and March 2020 although some of the former 90s have now moved to Freightliner replacing the life expired Class 86s.

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Filmed on IPhone 12 Pro on Saturday August 6th 2022 and edited on iMovie