Thorpe-le-Soken railway station

Thorpe-le-Soken
Eastbound view from Platform 1 as seen in May 2008
General information
Location	Thorpe-le-Soken, Tendring England
Coordinates	51°50′53″N 1°09′43″E / 51.848°N 1.162°E / 51.848; 1.162
Grid reference	TM178212
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	TLS
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Tendring Hundred Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
8 January 1866 (1866-01-08)	Opened as Thorpe
1 March 1900	Renamed Thorpe-le-Soken
Passengers
2018/19	0.131 million
2019/20	0.135 million
Interchange	0.271 million
2020/21	32,264
Interchange	72,866
2021/22	95,582
Interchange	0.192 million
2022/23	0.119 million
Interchange	0.229 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 the 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 single-stop Clacton branch or Kirby Cross on the branch to Walton-on-the-Naze.

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.

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. 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.^[3]

The typical off-peak services pattern is:

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

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

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Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Weeley		Greater Anglia Sunshine Coast Line Clacton branch		Clacton-on-Sea
		Greater Anglia Sunshine Coast Line Walton branch		Kirby Cross