Greater Anglia Trains at Marks Tey on December 3rd 2022

3rd visit to Marks Tey on the Great Eastern Main Line and being the junction for the Gainsborough Line to Sudbury

Marks Tey station first opened in 1849 as Marks Tey Junction before being renamed to todays name in 1889.

The 3 platform layout at Marks Tey which interchange is provided by hourly services from Sudbury although non Electrified.

The site of the station located near to the A120 opened at the same time as Witham.

The Gainsborough Line to Sudbury was opened in 1860 by the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway before being extended via the Stour Valley Railway to Cambridge in 1865 which also enabled trains to run to Colchester.

However services were cut back to Sudbury in 1967 when the line from there to Cambridge was closed by Dr Beeching.

Services from Sudbury continued to run into Colchester and sometimes St Botolphs now today known as Colchester Town until the mid 1990s when services were cut back to Marks Tey.

The ticket Hall on the London Bound platform dates from 2017

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Filmed on Saturday December 3rd 2022 on iPhone 14 Pro and edited on iMovie