Chappel & Wakes Colne railway station is on the Gainsborough Line, a branch to Sudbury off the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the village of Wakes Colne and the neighbouring Chappel.

The platform buildings, on the station's west side, are restored to 1950s style but are part of the museum, and entered from ground-floor level.

He appears to have fallen foul of the railway authorities at some stage as he is shown working in Poplar[clarification needed] as an engine driver in the 1871 census.

Sitting just to the south of the station is the outstanding feature on the line, the 1,066-foot (325 m) long viaduct consisting of 32 arches each having a 30-foot span and standing 75 feet above the valley floor.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction, with frequency increased slightly during the peak.