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Thorpe Le Soken
All photographs of this location in date order.
![August Bank Holiday Monday 1978 finds Thorpe le Soken the focus of much human activity, not all of it train related. The approach road hosts a special holiday market. Locals attracted by the event wait to return down the line to Clacton/Walton, most having been less than enthused by a few racks of not so special secondhand clothes and an ice cream van.<br><br>[Mark Dufton 28/08/1978]](/images/46000/46507.jpg "Thorpe le Soken")
![For 100 years, from 1882 to 1982, up carriages from Clacton and Walton were combined at Thorpe le Soken station for forward travel to London. In the down direction, trains were correspondingly divided. This photo, dating from 28th August 1978, shows the supervised coupling of the two London bound portions at Thorpe le Soken, the Walton portion being in the rear nearest the camera. The original platform 1 fell into disuse when this practice stopped.<br><br>[Mark Dufton 28/08/1978]](/images/54000/54893.jpg "Thorpe le Soken")
![In 1979, trains were still combined or divided at Thorpe le Soken for the London - Clacton/Walton services. A division has just occurred at platform 1 and the front unit is heading off to Walton. Today, platform 1 has no track to serve it.<br><br>[Mark Dufton 07/05/1979]](/images/28000/28345.jpg "Thorpe le Soken")
