Battlesbridge railway station
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (November 2018) |
Battlesbridge  | |||||
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 The station's platform, 2011 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Battlesbridge, Chelmsford England | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ776949 | ||||
| Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BLB | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2015/16 |  14,984 | ||||
| 2016/17 | 16,804 | ||||
| 2017/18 | 21,108 | ||||
| 2018/19 |  16,446 | ||||
| 2019/20 | 19,848 | ||||
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Battlesbridge railway station is on the Crouch Valley Line in the East of England, serving the village of Battlesbridge, Essex. It is 31 miles 40 chains (50.7 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Wickford to the west and South Woodham Ferrers to the east. The Engineer's Line Reference for the line is WIS; the station's three-letter station code is BLB.
The line and station were opened on 1 June 1889 for goods and on 1 October 1889 for passenger services by the Great Eastern Railway.[1] The station had a single platform with a station building, a goods shed, a goods yard including cattle pens, and a 34-lever signal box. The freight service was withdrawn on 4 October 1965; the goods loop and signal box were closed on 7 December 1966. All the station buildings were demolished in 1968.[1] Electrification of the Wickford to Southminster line using 25 kV overhead line electrification (OLE) was completed on 12 May 1986.
Battlesbridge station is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it. The typical off-peak service is of one westbound train every 40 minutes to Wickford (with some peak-hour services continuing to Shenfield and/or London Liverpool Street) and one eastbound train every 40 minutes to Southminster. Since the platform is only long enough to accommodate eight carriages, any peak-hour trains formed of 12 coaches do not call at Battlesbridge.
References
- ^ a b Mitchell, Vic (2010). Branch Lines to Southend and Southminster. Midhurst Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-76-5.
External links
- Train times and station information for Battlesbridge railway station from National Rail
- History of the Crouch Valley Line
- Local information about Crouch Valley Line
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Wickford | Greater Anglia Crouch Valley Line |
South Woodham Ferrers | ||
51°37′30″N 0°33′58″E / 51.625°N 0.566°E
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