Colchester to Clacton Line

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Colchester to Clacton/Walton Line

Stations (from west to east)         Colchester   Colchester Town (reverse)   Hythe   Wivenhoe   Alresford   Great Bentley   Weeley   Thorpe-le-Soken Clacton                Kirby Cross   Frinton   Walton-on-Naze

The Colchester to Clacton Line is a railway line linking Colchester to Clacton-on-Sea. There is also a branch line to Walton-on-the-Naze.

The towns served by the route are:

• Colchester - connections with Great Eastern Main Line to Ipswich, Norwich and London
• Hythe
• Wivenhoe

A branch, now closed, just east of Wivenhoe served Brightlingsea

• Alresford
• (Thorrington - station now closed. Image)
• Great Bentley
• Weeley
• Thorpe-le-Soken

The line then divides to serve either

• Clacton-on-Sea

or

• Kirby Cross
• Frinton-on-Sea
• Walton-on-the-Naze

The trains which serve Clacton are through trains from London, while those which serve Walton start at Colchester on weekdays and Saturdays, but at Thorpe-le-Soken on Sundays.

It began as the Tendring Hundred Railway Company which became the Tendring Hundred Line of the Great Eastern Railway. The line is electrified at 25 kV AC, using overhead wires.. Passenger services are operated by 'one'. There are several level crossings on the line and most are still (in 2006) operated by hand.

edit Railway lines in the East of England:
Main lines:	East Coast Main Line   Great Eastern Main Line Cambridge-King's Lynn "Fen" Line   Cambridge-Norwich "Breckland" Line   Colchester-Clacton Line Ely-Peterborough Line   Ipswich-Ely Line   London-Cambridge Line   London, Tilbury & Southend Line Manningtree-Harwich "Mayflower" Line   Thameslink   West Anglia Main Line
Commuter lines:	Hertford Loop Line   Lea Valley Lines   Northern City Line   Romford-Upminster Line    Shenfield-Southend Victoria Line   Witham-Braintree Line
Rural lines:	Cambridge-Ipswich Line    Crouch Valley Line   East Suffolk Line   Grantham-Skegness Line Ipswich-Felixstowe Line   Marks Tey-Sudbury Line   Norwich-Sheringham "Bittern" Line Peterborough-Lincoln Line   Thorpe le Soken-Walton Line   Wherry Lines