Clacton-on-Sea railway station Clacton-on-Sea railway station Clacton-on-Sea railway station is one of the two 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 the line from London Liverpool Street. 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 Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving the station. The branch diverges from the Great Eastern Main Line at whence trains run to either
Clacton-on-Sea camp who reopened it as a short-lived theme park, called Atlas Park. The land was then sold and redeveloped with housing. Clacton has a cricket club and a football team called F.C. Clacton, whose best F.A. Cup performance was the first round. The football team play at the Rush Green Bowl with the bus shelter being the stand for the passionate supporters. The name was derived after someone said it looked like a bus shelter. The club then took bus timetables and stuck them on it, to resemble a bus shelter. The Cricket Club has many grounds around Clacton with