Thorpe-le-Soken railway station

Thorpe-le-Soken
Location
Place	Thorpe-le-Soken
Local authority	Tendring
Coordinates	51°50′53″N 1°09′43″E / 51.848°N 1.162°ECoordinates: 51°50′53″N 1°09′43″E / 51.848°N 1.162°E
Grid reference	TM178212
Operations
Station code	TLS
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.135 million
2005/06	0.132 million
2006/07	0.129 million
2007/08	0.129 million
2008/09	0.124 million
2009/10	0.118 million
2010/11	0.124 million
2011/12	0.124 million
2012/13	0.121 million
2013/14	0.130 million
2014/15	0.131 million
History
Original company	Tendring Hundred Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
8 January 1866	Opened as Thorpe
1 March 1900	renamed Thorpe-le-Soken
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Thorpe-le-Soken from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Thorpe-le-Soken railway station is on the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the village of Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex. It is 65 miles 7 chains (104.7 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street.^[1] Its three-letter station code is TLS. To the west the preceding station is Weeley and to the east the following stations are Clacton-on-Sea on the Clacton branch and Kirby Cross on the Walton-on-the-Naze branch.

The station was opened by the Tendring Hundred Railway, a subsidiary of the Great Eastern Railway, in 1866. It is currently managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station.

History

The station was opened with the name Thorpe by the Tendring Hundred Railway, a subsidiary of the Great Eastern Railway, on 28 July 1866 on the Tendring Hundred Extension Railway line. It was renamed Thorpe-le-Soken on 1 March 1900.^[2]

It has two platforms forming an island platform that is accessible via a footbridge. There is a clearly visible platform and trackbed on what would be platform 3; this is continuous with the other stations on the Walton branch. One of the double tracks that were originally on the line to Walton has been completely taken up.

Services

The typical off-peak services pattern is:

Operator	Route	Rolling stock	Frequency
Abellio Greater Anglia	London Liverpool Street - Stratford - Shenfield - Ingatestone - Chelmsford - Witham - Colchester - Wivenhoe - Thorpe-le-Soken - Clacton-on-Sea	Class 321, Class 360	1x per hour
Abellio Greater Anglia	Colchester - Colchester Town - Hythe - Wivenhoe - Alresford - Great Bentley - Weeley - Thorpe-le-Soken - Kirby Cross - Frinton-on-Sea - Walton-on-the-Naze	Class 321	1x per hour

During peak hours there are some additional services to and from Liverpool Street.

References

1. http://www.s-r-s.org.uk/railref/ref-ge.html
2. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens

External links

• Train times and station information for Thorpe-le-Soken railway station from National Rail