Chappel & Wakes Colne Railway Station

Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station is on the Gainsborough Line, a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line to, in the East of England, serving the village of Wakes Colne and the neighbouring Chappel. It is 50mi down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and. Its three-letter station code is CWC. The station is currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also runs all trains serving the station. It has one platform as the line is single-track. It is also home to the East Anglian Railway Museum which has the former London-bound platform, a running line, the original station buildings and all of the land and facilities on the east side of the line. Just to the south of the station the line runs over the Chappel viaduct. Chappel & Wakes Colne is unstaffed and has no ticketing facilities, except a self-service ticket machine installed in April 2017. The platform buildings, on the station's west side, are restored to 1950s style but are part of the museum, and entered from ground-floor level. HistoryThe 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. The 1861 census shows Samuel Hamblin as the resident station-master. He appears to have fallen foul of the railway authorities at some stage as he is shown working in Poplar as an engine driver in the 1871 census. The 1871 census records 29-year-old Alfred H. Bryant as the resident station-master. The 1881 census shows 45-year-old George William Grand as the station-master, a position he held until at least 1891.

Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station is on the Gainsborough Line, a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line to, in the East of England, serving the village of Wakes Colne and the neighbouring Chappel. It is 50mi down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and. Its three-letter station code is CWC. The station is currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also runs all trains serving the station. It has one platform as the line is single-track. It is also home to the East Anglian Railway Museum which has the former London-bound platform, a running line, the original station buildings and all of the land and facilities on the east side of the line. Just to the south of the station the line runs over the Chappel viaduct. Chappel & Wakes Colne is unstaffed and has no ticketing facilities, except a self-service ticket machine installed in April 2017. The platform buildings, on the station's west side, are restored to 1950s style but are part of the museum, and entered from ground-floor level. HistoryThe 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. The 1861 census shows Samuel Hamblin as the resident station-master. He appears to have fallen foul of the railway authorities at some stage as he is shown working in Poplar as an engine driver in the 1871 census. The 1871 census records 29-year-old Alfred H. Bryant as the resident station-master. The 1881 census shows 45-year-old George William Grand as the station-master, a position he held until at least 1891.