Southend Victoria railway station
Railway station in Essex, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Southend Victoria railway station is the eastern terminus of the Shenfield to Southend Line in the East of England, a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line, and is one of the primary stations serving the resort city of Southend-on-Sea, Essex (the other is Southend Central on the London, Tilbury and Southend line). It is 41 miles 42 chains (66.83 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street; the preceding station on the line is Prittlewell. The Engineer's Line Reference 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 Class 720 trains.
General information | |
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Location | Southend-on-Sea, City of Southend-on-Sea England |
Grid reference | TQ881860 |
Managed by | Greater Anglia |
Platforms | 4 |
Other information | |
Station code | SOV |
Classification | DfT category C1 |
History | |
Original company | Great Eastern Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
1 October 1889 | Opened as Southend-on-Sea[1] |
1933 | Renamed Southend-on-Sea for Westcliff and Thorpe Bay |
1 May 1949 | Renamed Southend-on-Sea Victoria |
20 February 1969 | Renamed Southend Victoria |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 2.130 million |
2019/20 | 1.719 million |
2020/21 | 0.560 million |
Interchange | 1,587 |
2021/22 | 1.101 million |
Interchange | 2,285 |
2022/23 | 1.262 million |
Interchange | 2,049 |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |