Thorpe-le-Soken
321309 from Colchester via Colchester Town (reverse) to Walton-on-the Naze, at Thorpe-le-Soken on 1st June 2021. On the right, the ex-11.18 service from Liverpool Street to Clacton-on-Sea has just arrived, providing convenient interchange. On the left is the disused former down main platform, part of which is still used for passengers to access the station from the surrounding area. One of the lamp-posts with the station name on the lamp can be seen on the disused platform, these were nearly all from the 1950s on BR Eastern Region but not many survive now. Another is still in situ at Cleethorpes station in Lincolnshire. That's my friend also called David in the black on the right and we met three other friends of ours at Walton station who had driven down from Norwich. Note that the destination of this train is shown as Walton-on-Naze which is how the branch terminus was known until May 2007 when it was renamed Walton-on-the-Naze to properly reflect the name of the seaside resort.
Location: Thorpe-le-Soken
Original line: Tendring Hundred Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: Class 321 Greater Anglia units
Date: 01/06/2021
Image number: 77153
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