Hythe (Essex) railway station

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Location
Hythe
Place	Colchester
Local authority	Borough of Colchester
Operations
Managed by	'one'
Platforms in use	2
Annual entry/exit 02/03	0.032 million *
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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

Hythe railway station serves the eastern areas of Colchester in Essex, England. To the west of the station there is a triangle of lines with three junctions. The two lines lead to Colchester Town and Colchester. The three junctions are known as Hythe Junction, East Gates Junction (at the northern extremity of the triangle), and Colne Junction (at the western extremity). East Gates Junction has a manned signalbox and a busy level crossing over a major road into the town of Colchester.

There are still sidings present at Hythe, although these are not in use, and there was once a short branch to Hythe quay which crossed the River Colne adjacent to the station by a small girder bridge, which is still in situ. There is no evidence today of the former quayside tracks.