Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station

Chappel & Wakes Colne
265px Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station in 2011
Location
Place	Wakes Colne
Local authority	Colchester
Grid reference	TL897288
Operations
Station code	CWC
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	25,526
2005/06	26,292
2006/07	28,579
2007/08	29,903
2008/09	31,166
2009/10	31,674
2010/11	32,756
2011/12	38,082
2012/13	41,642
2013/14	47,976
2014/15	42,868
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chappel & Wakes Colne from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station is on the Gainsborough Line, a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line to Sudbury, in the East of England, serving the village of Wakes Colne and the neighbouring Chappel. It is 50 miles 18 chains (80.8 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Marks Tey and Bures. Its three-letter station code is CWC.

The station is currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also runs all trains serving the station. It has one platform as the line is single-track. It is also home to the East Anglian Railway Museum which has the former London-bound platform, a running line, the original station buildings and all of the land and facilities on the east side of the line. Just to the south of the station the line runs over the Chappel viaduct.

File:Chappel Viaduct and Green.jpg

The Chappel viaduct

Chappel & Wakes Colne is unstaffed and has no ticketing facilities. The platform buildings, on the station's west side, are restored to 1950s style but are part of the museum, and entered from ground-floor level.

Services

The typical off-peak train service is as follows:

Operator	Route	Rolling stock	Frequency
Abellio Greater Anglia	Sudbury - Bures - Chappel & Wakes Colne - Marks Tey	Class 153, Class 156	1x per hour

In popular culture

This station was used as a filming location in one scene for the 2013 film The Numbers Station, starring John Cusack.

External links

• Train times and station information for Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station from National Rail
• History page at Subterranea Britannica
• East Anglian Railway Museum website
• Chappel Parish Council website
• Website of the village and railway
• Chappel and Wakes Colne station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bures		Abellio Greater Anglia Gainsborough Line		Marks Tey
	Disused railways
White Colne Line and station closed		Colne Valley and Halstead Railway		Terminus