East Tilbury railway station

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General information
Location	Borough of Thurrock
Managed by	c2c
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	ETL
History
Opened	1936

East Tilbury railway station is on a loop line on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, serving the village of East Tilbury, Essex. It is 25 miles 7 chains (40.4 km) down the line from London Fenchurch Street via Rainham and it is situated between Tilbury Town and Stanford-le-Hope. Its three-letter station code is ETL.

It was opened on 7 September 1936 as a halt station intended to serve workers at the nearby Bata Shoe Company, which paid for the construction of the platforms. Initially, trains only stopped in rush hour. The halt was upgraded to full station status in January 1949. Increasing patronage at East Tilbury led to the closure in 1967 of Low Street, a minor station close by.

East Tilbury is on a link known as the Tilbury Loop, which joins the main line at the London end at Barking and at the country end at Pitsea. The station and all trains serving it are operated by c2c.

It is located close to Coalhouse Fort, an artillery fort dating from the 1860s.

Services

The typical off-peak service consists of:

• 2 trains per hour (tph) to London Fenchurch Street via Ockendon;
• 2 tph to Southend Central.

External links

• Train times and station information for East Tilbury railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Tilbury Town		c2c London, Tilbury and Southend Line Tilbury Loop		Stanford-le-Hope
	Disused railways
Tilbury Riverside		Network SouthEast London, Tilbury and Southend Railway		Low Street