Southend Victoria is one of the stations serving Southend-on-Sea. It is on the Shenfield-Southend Line and is served by Greater Anglia services out of
London Liverpool Street.
| Information |
| Type: |
National Rail
(Shenfield-Southend Line) |
| Station code: |
SOV |
| Opened: |
1889 |
| Platforms: |
4 |
The station was opened, as
Southend-on-Sea, by the Great Eastern Railway in 1889 close to the existing London, Tilbury & Southend Railway station
Southend Central. The station was renamed
Southend-on-Sea Victoria in 1949 and twenty years later shortened to Southend Victoria.
The line was electrified in 1956, originally to 1, 500v DC overhead. British Railways had already decided however to standardise on 25kV AC overhead earlier that year [1]. The line was converted to AC in 1960, initially to 6.25kV and in 1979 finally to 25kV.
The station is a terminus and is next to carriage sidings. All four platforms can handle twelve-coach trains.
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| Looking down the platform away from the station building |
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| Greater Anglia 321 327 on one of the storage sidings |
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| Just arrived |
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| Station sign |
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| Greater Anglia 321 358 at the buffers |
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| Station frontage |
[1] John Glover, Eastern Electric (Ian Allan, 2003) p. 67
