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Colchester Town railway station is on the Sunshine Coast Line in the East of England, and is the secondary station serving the town of Colchester, 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 CET. The town's larger station is called (also known as Colchester North to distinguish it) and is on the Great Eastern Main Line but is further away from the town centre. The station was opened in 1866 by the Tendring Hundred Railway, a subsidiary of the Great Eastern Railway, with the name St. Botolph's. It was renamed Colchester Town in 1991. It is currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also runs all trains serving the station. there is only one platform, but there is space for a second which would make possible a more intensive service on the Sunshine Coast Line. To the east of the station, Colne Junction is the western extremity of a triangle which gives access towards Colchester station to the west and Hythe station to the east. The curve to the north from Colne Junction to East Gates Junction is sharp, with a continuous check rail which necessitates slow passage. ==Services== The following services typically call at Colchester Town: The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service pattern is as follows: *2 trains per hour (tph) to Colchester only. *1 tph to , calling at Hythe, Wivenhoe, Alresford, Great Bentley, , , and . *1 tph to London Liverpool Street, calling at Colchester, Marks Tey, Kelvedon, Witham, Chelmsford, Shenfield, Romford and Stratford. Colchester Town is closed on Sundays, except during December when an hourly service operates to Walton-on-the-Naze. If engineering works on a Sunday closes the main Colchester station, Colchester Town is opened as an alternative. 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「Colchester Town railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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