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Clacton-on-Sea railway station is one of the eastern termini of the Sunshine Coast Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the town of Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. It is down-line from London Liverpool Street.〔http://www.s-r-s.org.uk/railref/ref-ge.html〕 Its three-letter station code is CLT. The preceding station on the line is . The station was opened in 1882 with the name Clacton. It is currently managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station. The branch diverges from the Great Eastern Main Line at wherefrom trains run to either , or Clacton-on-Sea. Clacton is on a spur from Thorpe-le-Soken which was built by the Clacton-on-Sea Railway and originally operated by the Great Eastern Railway. It opened some 15 years after the line to Walton was opened. Services were steam-operated until the line was electrified, with Clacton first seeing electric trains on 16 March 1959. Initially, the line was only electrified as far as Colchester, as part of British Railways' experiments with 25kv AC electrification, rather than the previously preferred 1500v DC system. Through (electrified) services to London Liverpool Street were introduced on 7 January 1963.〔A Regional History of the railways of Great Britain; Vol 5; Eastern Counties; D I Gordon; Newton Abbot; 1968 p66〕 Clacton station has a sizeable concourse sheltered by a glazed roof. There is a traction depot just outside the station, with some stabling sidings alongside the station itself. Its name was changed to Clacton-on-Sea in May 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Changes to National Rail timetable from Sunday 20th May 2007 )〕 ==Services== The typical service is one train per hour to London Liverpool Street, calling at , , , , , , and . During peak hours the service level is increased to four trains per hour. The last trains of the day start and terminate at Colchester. Trains are usually formed of or electric multiple units. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clacton-on-Sea railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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