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Thorpe-le-Soken railway station

Railway station in Essex, England

Summary

Railway station in Essex, England

Field	Value
name	Thorpe-le-Soken
symbol_location	gb
symbol	rail
image	Thorpe-Le-Soken station.jpg
caption	Eastbound view from Platform 1 as seen in
May 2008
borough	Thorpe-le-Soken, Tendring
country	England
coordinates
grid_name	Grid reference
grid_position
manager	Greater Anglia
platforms	2
code	TLS
classification	DfT category E
original	Tendring Hundred Railway
pregroup	Great Eastern Railway
postgroup	London and North Eastern Railway
years
events	Opened as Thorpe
years2	1 March 1900
events2	Renamed Thorpe-le-Soken
mpassengers
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2020/21	passengers= 32,264	interchange= 72,866}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2021/22	passengers= 95,582	interchange= 0.192 million}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2022/23	passengers= 0.119 million	interchange= 0.229 million}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2023/24	passengers= 0.132 million	interchange= 0.270 million}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2024/25	passengers= 0.143 million	interchange= 0.289 million}}
footnotes	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

May 2008

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 mi down the line from London Liverpool Street. Its three-letter station code is TLS. To the west the preceding station is and to the east the following stations are on the single-stop Clacton branch or on the branch to .

The station was opened by the Tendring Hundred Railway, a subsidiary of the Great Eastern Railway, in 1866. It is currently managed by 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.

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. These tracks and platforms were used until 1982 when trains from London were split at Thorpe le Soken station and 4 cars would go to Walton and 4 to Clacton. Both platforms are usable from all lines.

Services

The typical off-peak services pattern is:

Operator	Route	Rolling stock	Frequency
Greater Anglia	London Liverpool Street - Stratford - Shenfield - Ingatestone - Chelmsford - Witham - Colchester - Wivenhoe - Thorpe-le-Soken - Clacton-on-Sea	Class 720	1x per hour
Greater Anglia	Colchester - Colchester Town - Hythe - Wivenhoe - Alresford - Great Bentley - Weeley - Thorpe-le-Soken - Kirby Cross - Frinton-on-Sea - Walton-on-the-Naze	Class 720	1x per hour

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

References

"RailRef GE Great Eastern".
Butt, R.V.J., (1995) ''The Directory of Railway Stations,'' Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
"GENSHEET:Class 309".

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