Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station

Chappel and Wakes Colne
The front in April 2011
Location
Place Wakes Colne
Local authority Colchester, Essex
Operations
Station code CWC
Managed by National Express East Anglia
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
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Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 25,526
2005/06 * 26,292
2006/07 * 28,579
2007/08 * 29,903
2008/09 * 31,166
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chappel and Wakes Colne from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station is a railway station serving the villages of Wakes Colne and Chappel in Essex. The station itself is located in Wakes Colne. It has one platform station on the Marks Tey/Sudbury branch line. The station is also home to the East Anglian Railway Museum which has the former up platform, a short running line and buildings on the east side of the line. Just to the south of the station the line runs over a notable viaduct.

The station is unstaffed and has no ticketing facilities. The platform buildings, on the station's west side, are restored to LNER style, but are part of the East Anglia Railway Museum, and entered from ground-floor level.

Train Services

The station is served by the following service(s):

Operator Route Material Frequency
NXEA Sudbury - Bures - Chappel and Wakes Colne - Marks Tey Class 153, Class 156 1x per hour
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Bures   National Express East Anglia
Gainsborough Line
  Marks Tey
Disused railways
White Colne
Line and station closed
  Colne Valley and Halstead Railway   Terminus

Bus services

This service is operated by First.

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