| Hockley | |
| Symbol Location: | gb |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Borough: | Hockley, Rochford |
| Country: | England |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Manager: | Greater Anglia |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Code: | HOC |
| Classification: | DfT category C2 |
| Original: | Great Eastern Railway |
| Pregroup: | Great Eastern Railway |
| Postgroup: | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Years1: | 1 October 1889 |
| Events1: | Station opened[1] |
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Hockley railway station is on the Shenfield to Southend Line in the East of England, serving the village of Hockley, Essex. It is 36miles down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between to the west and to the east. The Engineer's Line Reference for the line is SSV; the station's three-letter station code is HOC. The two platforms have an operational length for 12-coach trains.
The line from Wickford to Southend and Hockley station were opened on 1 October 1889.[2] There was a signal box on the down platform, this was decommissioned in 1938 with the introduction of colour light signalling on the line between Wickford and Southend.[3] There was a goods yard on the 'up' side to the west of the station, a 30 cwt crane was subsequently installed. Freight traffic ceased on 5 June 1967. Electrification of the Shenfield 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 in January 1979.
The station is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it. The typical off-peak service is of three trains per hour to and three to Liverpool Street (services join the Great Eastern Main Line for London at).