Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station
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Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station is a railway station serving the villages of Wakes Colne
and Chappel
in Essex
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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.
Wakes Colne
Wakes Colne is a village in Essex, England which sits on the River Colne. It is situated next to the villages of Chappel, with which it shares Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station.- Location :...
and Chappel
Chappel
Chappel is a village in Essex which sits on the River Colne. It is famous for its Victorian viaduct that crosses the Colne valley.- Name and history :...
in Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
.
The station itself is located in Wakes Colne
Wakes Colne
Wakes Colne is a village in Essex, England which sits on the River Colne. It is situated next to the villages of Chappel, with which it shares Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station.- Location :...
. It has one platform station on the Marks Tey/Sudbury branch line. The station is also home to the East Anglian Railway Museum
East Anglian Railway Museum
The East Anglian Railway Museum is located at Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station in Essex, which is situated on the former Great Eastern Railway branch line from Marks Tey to Sudbury...
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.