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'''Southend Central''' is a railway station on the [[London, Tilbury and Southend Railway]]. Train services are provided by the [[National Express Group]] [[train operating company]] [[c2c]]. It is located in Southend Town Centre on Clifftown Road in [[Southend-on-Sea]], [[Essex]], [[England]], SS1 1AB, just off the middle of Southend High Street and down the road from Southend Travel Centre with easy access to [[bus]] services and [[South East Essex College]] and the [[University of Essex]] Southend Campus, to which it is adjacent. It was opened in 1856 by the [[London, Tilbury and Southend Railway]] and was the original eastern terminus of the line, which was later extended to [[Shoeburyness railway station]]. It has four platforms: |
'''Southend Central''' is a railway station on the [[London, Tilbury and Southend Railway]]. Train services are provided by the [[National Express Group]] [[train operating company]] [[c2c]]. It is located in Southend Town Centre on Clifftown Road in [[Southend-on-Sea]], [[Essex]], [[England]], SS1 1AB, just off the middle of Southend High Street and down the road from Southend Travel Centre with easy access to [[bus]] services and [[South East Essex College]] and the [[University of Essex]] Southend Campus, to which it is adjacent. It was opened in 1856 by the [[London, Tilbury and Southend Railway]] and was the original eastern terminus of the line, which was later extended to [[Shoeburyness railway station]]. It has four platforms: |
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*Platform 1 is a rarely-used bay platform |
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*Platform 2 has [[Shoeburyness railway station|Shoeburyness]]-bound services from [[London]] |
*Platform 2 has [[Shoeburyness railway station|Shoeburyness]]-bound services from [[London]] |
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*Platform 3 has (usually fast) [[Fenchurch Street railway station|London]]-bound services from [[Shoeburyness railway station|Shoeburyness]] |
*Platform 3 has (usually fast) [[Fenchurch Street railway station|London]]-bound services from [[Shoeburyness railway station|Shoeburyness]] |
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Revision as of 17:52, 25 February 2009
Southend Central | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Southend-on-Sea |
| Managed by | c2c |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | SOC |
| History | |
| Opened | 1856 |
Southend Central is a railway station on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. Train services are provided by the National Express Group train operating company c2c. It is located in Southend Town Centre on Clifftown Road in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, SS1 1AB, just off the middle of Southend High Street and down the road from Southend Travel Centre with easy access to bus services and South East Essex College and the University of Essex Southend Campus, to which it is adjacent. It was opened in 1856 by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway and was the original eastern terminus of the line, which was later extended to Shoeburyness railway station. It has four platforms:
- Platform 1 is a rarely-used bay platform
- Platform 2 has Shoeburyness-bound services from London
- Platform 3 has (usually fast) London-bound services from Shoeburyness
- Platform 4 is a bay platform with (usually slow) London-bound services departing from Southend Central which take the longer route via Grays and Ockendon and terminating services from London.
It has a partially sheltered bicycle storage rack for 30 bikes and 150 car parking spaces but no disabled spaces.[1] It is used by around 10,500 people every day.
Southend Victoria railway station, the Southend terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line operated by c2c's National Express Group sister company National Express East Anglia, is also located in Southend-on-Sea Town Centre.
Refurbishment
Following the successful refurbishment of Benfleet railway station, c2c decided to implement a similar refurbishment at Southend Central. The work cost £460,000 and was jointly funded by c2c and Southend Borough Council. It involved the complete refurbishment of the ticket office and toilets and the construction of a new forecourt on the north side of the station (leading to Platform 2 which has Shoeburyness-bound services) opposite the University of Essex Southend Campus, with new steps and Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (DDA) compliant handrails on both sides of the canopy, and a new glass roof and lighting over the bicycle parking area there. It was completed on June 19, 2007[2] and took around 4 weeks, during which a temporary ticket office in a portable building was used.
The ticket office has two serving positions, one of which was made fully compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 in the refurbishment, and uses the TRIBUTE ticket issuing system.
Services
The typical off-peak service frequency is:
- 6tph (trains per hour) to London Fenchurch Street of which:
- 2tph do not stop at Pitsea, West Horndon or Limehouse
- 2tph call at all stations via Basildon
- 2tph take the longer route via Grays and Ockendon
- 4tph to Shoeburyness
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Westcliff | c2c London, Tilbury & Southend Line |
Southend East | ||
External links
- Train times and station information for Southend Central railway station from National Rail
References
- ^ c2c. "c2c Online - Southend Central station". Retrieved 2008-07-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ c2c (June 20, 2007). "c2c Online - A smarter station for the people of Southend". Retrieved 2008-07-19.
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