Battlesbridge railway station is a stop on the

Crouch Valley Line The Crouch Valley line (sometimes referred to as the Southminster branch line) is a branch line off the Shenfield–Southend line in Essex, in the east of England. It links in the west to in the east. During peak hours, trains connect to or ...

in the

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, serving the village of

Battlesbridge Battlesbridge is a village in Essex, England. It straddles the River Crouch which is tidal and navigable up to this point. It is approximately south-southeast of Chelmsford and north of Rayleigh, Essex, Rayleigh. The north bank of the river i ...

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. It is down the line from

London Liverpool Street Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a major central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate Without. It is ...

and is situated between to the west and . Train services are operated by

Greater Anglia Greater Anglia (legal name Transport UK East Anglia Limited) is a British train operating company owned as a joint venture by Transport UK Group and Mitsui & Co. It operates the East Anglia franchise, providing the commuter and inter-city se ...

History

The line and station were opened on 1 June 1889 for goods and on 1 October 1889 for passenger services by the

Great Eastern Railway The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia. The company was grouped into the London and North Eastern R ...

. The station had a single platform with a station building, a goods shed, a goods yard including cattle pens and a 34-lever

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. The freight service was withdrawn on 4 October 1965; the goods loop and signal box were closed on 7 December 1966. All of the station buildings were demolished in 1968. Electrification of the Wickford to Southminster line using 25 kV overhead line electrification was completed on 12 May 1986.

Services

All services at Battlesbridge are operated by Greater Anglia using

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. The typical off-peak service is one train every 40 minutes in each direction between and . During peak hours, some services continue beyond Wickford to and from and

. On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.

References

External links

History of the Crouch Valley Line

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