List of railway stations in Essex explained

This is a list of railway stations in Essex, a county in the East of England. It includes all railway stations that are part of the National Rail network, and which currently have timetabled train services. The Central line of the London Underground and Heritage railway stations within Essex are not listed.

Rail operators

The main operator in the county is Greater Anglia, operated by Abellio and Mitsui. They operate services from Liverpool Street in London to all parts of the county, including commuter services within Essex, and longer distance services to Norwich and Peterborough. Greater Anglia also operate the Stansted Express service from London to Stansted Airport. The other major operators in Essex are c2c, a subsidiary of Trenitalia, who operate services from London's Fenchurch Street to Southend-on-Sea, and the Elizabeth line, operated by MTR Corporation for Transport for London, who operate services from Reading via central London to Shenfield. The Arriva subsidiary CrossCountry operate long-distance services from the West Midlands to Stansted Airport. CrossCountry also serve Audley End.

Stations

The following table lists the name of each station, along with (where known) the year it first opened and the local authority in whose area the station lies. The table also shows the train operators who currently serve each station, and the final two columns give information on the number of passengers using each station in recent years, as collated by the Office of Rail Regulation, a Government body. The figures are based on ticket sales, and are given to the nearest 100.[1]

StationYear
opened		Local
authority		Served byStation users
2004 - 05		Station users
2005 - 06
Alresford1866[2] TendringGreater Anglia49,40045,100
Althorne1889[3] MaldonGreater Anglia43,20039,600
Audley End1845[4] UttlesfordGreater Anglia
CrossCountry		751,300721,100
Basildon1974Basildonc2c2,117,3002,160,300
Battlesbridge1889[5] ChelmsfordGreater Anglia8,5007,100
Benfleet1855Castle Pointc2c2,447,6002,448,900
Billericay1889[6] BasildonGreater Anglia2,698,5002,767,000
1848[7] BraintreeGreater Anglia760,700779,100
Braintree Freeport1999[8] BraintreeGreater Anglia24,40022,200
Brentwood1840[9] BrentwoodGreater Anglia
Elizabeth line		2,475,3002,535,100
Bures1849[10] BraintreeGreater Anglia48,00048,500
Burnham-on-Crouch1889MaldonGreater Anglia280,700263,800
Chafford Hundred1995[11] Thurrockc2c1,651,4001,736,400
Chalkwell1933Southend-on-Seac2c1,083,5001,146,000
Chappel & Wakes Colne1849[12] BraintreeGreater Anglia25,50026,300
Chelmsford1843ChelmsfordGreater Anglia6,698,2006,801,200
Clacton-on-Sea1882TendringGreater Anglia699,300664,800
Colchester1843[13] ColchesterGreater Anglia4,305,3004,287,600
Colchester Town1866[14] ColchesterGreater Anglia163,500161,200
CressingBraintreeGreater Anglia49,30040,100
Dovercourt1854TendringGreater Anglia124,600128,800
East Tilbury1936Thurrockc2c299,000299,800
Elsenham1845[15] UttlesfordGreater Anglia98,80084,200
Frinton-on-Sea1867TendringGreater Anglia183,600175,800
Grays1854Thurrockc2c2,373,7002,380,900
Great Bentley1866TendringGreater Anglia74,20067,600
Great Chesterford1845[16] UttlesfordGreater Anglia86,80086,100
Harlow Mill1841[17] HarlowGreater Anglia116,000105,400
Harlow Town1841[18] HarlowGreater Anglia1,666,8001,627,200
Harwich International1883[19] TendringGreater Anglia91,90099,500
Harwich Town1854[20] TendringGreater Anglia94,40091,300
Hatfield Peverel1843[21] BraintreeGreater Anglia418,100412,500
Hythe1866[22] ColchesterGreater Anglia45,20052,700
Ingatestone1843[23] BrentwoodGreater Anglia606,000628,200
Kelvedon1843[24] BraintreeGreater Anglia775,000759,700
Kirby Cross1866TendringGreater Anglia45,40037,500
Laindon1888Basildonc2c1,455,7001,458,500
Leigh-on-Sea1856Southend-on-Seac2c1,527,1001,597,300
Manningtree1846[25] TendringGreater Anglia719,800707,800
Marks Tey1843ColchesterGreater Anglia384,300400,200
Mistley1854TendringGreater Anglia31,80040,000
Newport1845[26] UttlesfordGreater Anglia228,800216,000
North Fambridge1889MaldonGreater Anglia98,80084,200
Ockendon1892Thurrockc2c480,800492,900
Pitsea1855Basildonc2c870,100911,600
Prittlewell1889[27] Southend-on-SeaGreater Anglia109,40095,300
Purfleet1854Thurrockc2c273,300308,600
Rayleigh1889[28] RochfordGreater Anglia1,903,4001,649,500
Rochford1889RochfordGreater Anglia461,400513,100
Roydon1844[29] Epping ForestGreater Anglia91,90090,100
Shenfield1886BrentwoodGreater Anglia
Elizabeth line		2,861,3002,907,900
Shoeburyness1884[30] Southend-on-Seac2c506,100530,700
South Woodham Ferrers1889ChelmsfordGreater Anglia613,500576,000
Southend Central1856Southend-on-Seac2c2,791,1003,018,100
Southend East1932Southend-on-Seac2c769,300797,500
Southend Victoria1889Southend-on-SeaGreater Anglia1,369,2001,719,400
Southminster1889MaldonGreater Anglia136,100135,000
Stanford-le-Hope1854Thurrockc2c816,200802,900
Stansted Airport1991[31] UttlesfordGreater Anglia
CrossCountry		3,822,1003,799,500
Stansted Mountfitchet1845[32] UttlesfordGreater Anglia352,300358,100
Thorpe Bay1910Southend-on-Seac2c702,300698,100
Thorpe-le-Soken1866TendringGreater Anglia135,000132,800
Tilbury Town1885Thurrockc2c663,800712,200
Walton-on-the-Naze1867TendringGreater Anglia112,300105,200
Weeley1866TendringGreater Anglia18,00014,600
West Horndon1886Brentwoodc2c317,100337,600
Westcliff1895Southend-on-Seac2c872,600913,400
White NotleyBraintreeGreater Anglia16,40019,600
Wickford1889[33] BasildonGreater Anglia2,013,9001,940,300
Witham1843[34] BraintreeGreater Anglia2,261,2002,307,300
Wivenhoe1863ColchesterGreater Anglia318,500321,000
Wrabness1854TendringGreater Anglia18,50021,200

See also

Footnotes

moved in 1869 to accommodate through running of trains to Bishops Stortford. The site of the original station became a goods yard.[35]

Southend Central was rebuilt in 1889, and enlarged in 1899.[4]

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: History of the Sunshine Coast line. Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership. 4 February 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20071010112841/http://www.esscrp.org.uk/clacton_and_walton_line/history/history.php. 10 October 2007. dead.
  3. Web site: History of the Crouch Valley line. Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership. 4 February 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081119230306/http://www.esscrp.org.uk/crouch_valley_line/history/history.php. 19 November 2008. dead.
  4. Book: Bettley, James. Essex. Yale University Press. London. 2007. 978-0-300-11614-4.
  5. Web site: Battlesbridge Conservation Area. Chelmsford Borough Council. 4 February 2008.
  6. Web site: Billericay history. Billericay.net. 4 February 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080210154413/http://www.billericay.net/LocalHistory.html. 10 February 2008. dead.
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  8. News: Rail users lose free car parking . Harwich and Manningtree Standard . Newsquest . Clacton-on-Sea . 12 February 2004 . 5 February 2008 .
  9. Book: The parliamentary gazetteer of England and Wales 1845-46; Volume 2: E-K. A. Fullarton & Co.. London. 1848.
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  11. Web site: Basildon's railway stations. Basildon History. 3 February 2008.
  12. Web site: Chappel & Wakes Colne. Subterranea Britannica. 3 February 2008.
  13. Book: Galt, William. Railway Reform: Its Expediency and Practicability Considered. Pelham Richardson. London. 1844.
  14. Book: Phillips, Charles. The Tendring Hundred Railway; A History of The Colchester to Clacton and Walton Lines. YaConnor & Butler. 1989. 0-947699-15-5.
  15. Web site: The Peter Rogers Collection . Sheffield Railwayana Auctions . 13 February 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060815031313/http://www.anjoco.f9.co.uk/sheffrail/may02/cat0502.htm . 15 August 2006 .
  16. Web site: Great Chesterford Historic Town Assessment Report. Essex County Council. 13 February 2008.
  17. Web site: Harlow's history and geography. Memorial University, Canada. 6 February 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080121041144/http://www.mun.ca/geog/interdisiplinary/harlow/harlow1.php. 21 January 2008. dmy-all.
  18. Book: Powell, W. R. (Editor). History of the County of Essex, Volume 8: Chafford and Harlow Hundreds. Victoria County History. 1983.
  19. Book: Kay, Peter. Essex Railway Heritage. Peter Kay. Wivenhoe. 2006. 978-1-899890-40-8.
  20. Web site: History of the Mayflower line. Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership. 4 February 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20071010111859/http://www.esscrp.org.uk/mayflower/history/history.php. 10 October 2007. dead.
  21. Web site: Green wedge policy. Braintree District Council. 6 February 2008.
  22. Book: Cooper, Janet. History of the County of Essex, Volume 9: Borough of Colchester. Victoria County History. 1994. 0-19-722784-8.
  23. Web site: Village design statement . Ingatestone & Fryerning Parish Council . 6 February 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060811235257/http://ingatestone-fryerningpc.gov.uk/VDS/VDS200410%2012%2009.pdf . 11 August 2006 .
  24. Book: Cooper, Janet. History of the County of Essex, Volume 10: Lexden Hundred. Victoria County History. 1994. 0-19-722795-3.
  25. Book: Moffat, Hugh. East Anglia's First Railways. Terence Dalton. Lavenham. 1987. 0-86138-038-X.
  26. Web site: History of Newport. Uttlesford District Council. 5 February 2008.
  27. Web site: A brief history of Prittlewell village and its church. St Mary's Church, Prittlewell. 6 February 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080312185103/http://www.saintmaryschurchprittlewell.org/prittlewell.htm. 12 March 2008. dead.
  28. Book: Yearsley, Ian. Rayleigh - A History. NPI Media Group . 2005. 978-1-86077-355-6.
  29. Web site: Roydon: Historic Settlement Report. Planarch. 6 February 2008.
  30. Book: Labrum, E. A.. Civil Engineering Heritage . Thomas Telford. London. 1994. 0-7277-1970-X.
  31. Web site: Sir Norman Foster . Pritzker Architecture Prize . 5 February 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070710022455/http://www.pritzkerprize.com/pdf99/Sec3.pdf . 10 July 2007 .
  32. Web site: Stansted Mountfitchet Conservation Area. Uttlesford District Council. 5 February 2008.
  33. Web site: The nineteenth century. The village of Stock in Essex. 6 February 2008.
  34. Web site: Witham: Historic town assessment report. Essex County Council. 5 February 2008.
  35. Book: Gordon, D. I. . A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain - Volume 5: Eastern Counties . David & Charles. Newton Abbot . 1968 . 0-7153-4321-1.

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