Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station

Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station is on the Gainsborough Line, a branch to Sudbury off the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the village of Wakes Colne and the neighbouring Chappel. It is 3 miles 49 chains (5.81 km) down the line from Marks Tey and 50 miles 18 chains (80.83 km) measured from London Liverpool Street. It is situated between Marks Tey and Bures. Its three-letter station code is CWC. Platform 1 has an operational length for five-coach trains. Platforms 2 and 3 are used by the East Anglian Railway Museum.

History

The station opened with the opening of the line from to as part of the Stour Valley Railway on 2 July 1849, with the name Chappel; it was renamed Chappel and Wakes Colne on 1 October 1914. ==Chappel Viaduct==

Chappel Viaduct

Sitting just to the south of the station is the outstanding feature on the line, the long viaduct consisting of 32 arches each having a 30-foot span and standing 75 feet above the valley floor. Built at a cost of £32,000 it contains seven million bricks. The 1851 census records that a foreman bricklayer and several labourers were living in huts adjacent to the viaduct. The vast majority of the bricks had been manufactured on-site using local clay. == Services ==

Services

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction, with frequency increased slightly during the peak. The last train of the day continues to Colchester. ==In popular culture==

In popular culture

This station was used as a filming location in two scenes for the 2013 film The Numbers Station, starring John Cusack. The Britpop band Blur played their first gig in the goods sheds of the station in the summer of 1989. ==References==

Source: Wikipedia ↗

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