Southend Victoria Railway Station
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Southend Victoria railway station is the eastern terminus of the
Shenfield to Southend Line Shenfield is a suburb of Brentwood in the Borough of Brentwood, Essex, England. In 2020, it was estimated to have a population of 5,396. History The former village, by the church and Green Dragon pub, lies along the original Roman road (now ...
, a branch off the
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, in the
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. It is one of two primary stations that serve the resort city of
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,
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; the other is
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on the
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. It is located 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 ...
; the preceding station on the line is . The
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for the line is SSV; the station's three-letter station code is SOV. The station has four platforms, each with an operational length for 10-car
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.


History

The line from to Southend, including this station, was opened on 1 October 1889. There was a goods yard to the east of the station, which closed on 5 June 1967. The station area still has extensive carriage sidings: Down Carriage Sidings (North) 10 roads (known as the ''Klondyke'' sidings);Route training manual Liverpool Street to Ipswich and branches, British Rail Eastern Region (1968). Published by the Great Eastern Railway Society (1992) Down Carriage Sidings (South) three roads plus a disused Royal Mail Terminal; Up Carriage Sidings (North) three roads (known as The Shute); Up Carriage Sidings (South) two roads. Electrification of the to Southend Victoria line using 1.5 kV DC overhead line electrification (OLE) was completed on 31 December 1956. This was changed to 6.25 kV AC in November 1960 and to 25 kV AC on 25 January 1979. The station was named ''Southend for Westcliffe & Thorpe Bay'' from 1933 to 1949; it was renamed ''Southend-on-Sea Victoria'' on 1 May 1949 and was finally changed to ''Southend Victoria'' on 20 February 1969.


Service

The station is managed by
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, which also operates all trains serving it. The typical Monday to Saturday off-peak service is of three trains per hour to Liverpool Street. On Sundays, there are typically two trains per hour to Liverpool Street. Services join the
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for London at the line's western terminus at Shenfield. The city's other main station is , which provides services westbound to London Fenchurch Street and eastbound to , operated by
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.


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{{Railway stations served by Greater Anglia Railway stations in Southend-on-Sea Former Great Eastern Railway stations Railway stations served by Greater Anglia William Neville Ashbee railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1889 DfT Category C1 stations