- Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station
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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
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 25,526 2005/06 * 26,292 2006/07 * 28,579 2007/08 * 29,903 2008/09 * 31,166 National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual 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. 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.
External links
- Train times and station information for Chappel and 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 RailFollowing station Bures National Express East Anglia
Gainsborough LineMarks Tey Disused railways White Colne
Line and station closedColne Valley and Halstead Railway Terminus Categories:- Railway stations in Essex
- Former Great Eastern Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1849
- Railway stations served by National Express East Anglia
- DfT Category F2 stations
- East of England railway station stubs
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