page_title: Mistley railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Mistley railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Mistley station in Essex, England, seen from the road (north) side.
context_page_description: Mistley railway station is on the Mayflower Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the village of Mistley, Essex. It is 61 miles 14 chains down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Manningtree to the west and Wrabness to the east. Its three-letter station code is MIS.
  The station was opened by the Eastern Union Railway in 1854. It is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station.
context_section_description: Mistley was opened by the Eastern Union Railway in 1854 and the brick-built two-storey Italianate station building (now in alternative use) was probably designed by Frederick Barnes.  The building is Grade II listed.
  Platform 1 (London bound) and platform 2 (Harwich bound) have an operational length for four-coach trains. There is a siding on the "up" (London-bound) side at the country (east) end which earlier had additionally included a long curved incline which allowed goods movements down to the quayside using horse power. This was later replaced by a spur with a much steeper incline down to the quays on the down side at the country end.  At the London (west) end of the "down" side there are several sidings which were for movements to and from the malt works.
  There was a signal box at the London end of the "down" platform which  having been taken out of service  on the introduction of multiple aspect signalling in September 1985,  was not allowed to be demolished as it was in a conservation area, so it was offered by Tendring Council and British Railways to the East Anglian Railway Museum at Chappel & Wakes Colne, to where it was moved in November 1985 and installed on to a brick base  and today is again fully operational. Chappel & Wakes Colne.
caption: The station building is Grade II listed.
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