Situated on the wonderfully-named Sunshine Coast Line, Thorpe-le-Soken station in Essex has hourly eastbound trains to Colchester and London Liverpool Street and hourly westbound trains to Clacton-on-Sea and Walton-on-the-Naze, with more trains to and from London at peak times. The usual journey time to London Liverpool Street is around one and a half hours and it's about 35 minutes to Colchester.
Trains first came to Thorpe-le-Soken in 1866, but the current station buildings don't date back to that time. Unusually, the current ticket office is in the middle of the platform island along with a 1930's signal box and passenger shelter. The centre of the village, with a few shops, pubs and takeaways is about a mile north of the station. A few miles further to the north east are the tidal creeks, sand flats and salt marshes of Hamford Water National Nature Reserve, globally important due to range of wildlife it supports.
Address
Thorpe-le-Soken station
Station Road
Thorpe-le-Soken
Essex
CO16 0HQ
Clacton-on-Sea is the nearest station on this line with step-free access as Thorpe-le-Soken station has none either to the ticket office or its two platforms. Facilities at Thorpe-le-Soken include a ticket machine outside the ticket office and toilets underneath the signal box.Outside, there’s a pay-and-display car park and covered bike racks.
The main waiting room is directly opposite the bottom of the footbridge steps that lead to / from Platforms 1 and 2. Another waiting room is located next to the female toilets on Platform 2.
The toilets are located in the station building next to the former signal box, with male toilets accessed from Platform 1 and female toilets accessed from Platform 2.
Buses to take you into the village and to other local destinations, including Weeley, Clacton, Frinton and Harwich, the bus stop is just outside the station on Station Road.
