The Sunshine Coast Line
The Sunshine Coast Line runs for 18.3 miles between Colchester Town and Walton-on-the-Naze, serving 11 stations, with a top line speed of 75 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Length | 18.3 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 43 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 11 |
| Top line speed | 75 mph |
| Passengers a year | 3.4 million entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Colchester Town1.0 million a year
- Hythe (Colchester)433,168 a year
- Wivenhoe352,166 a year
- Alresford97,088 a year
- Great Bentley105,230 a year
- Weeley42,386 a year
- Thorpe-le-Soken143,078 a year
- Clacton-on-Sea836,512 a year
- Kirby Cross62,896 a year
- Frinton-on-Sea208,700 a year
- Walton-on-the-Naze140,642 a year
The busiest station on the line is Colchester Town, 1.0 million entries and exits a year and 534th busiest in Britain.
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.