Southend Victoria  | |||||
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 Station building and main entrance, July 2012 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Southend-on-Sea,City of Southend-on-Sea England | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ881860 | ||||
| Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SOV | ||||
| Classification | DfT category C1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Great Eastern Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 October 1889 | Opened asSouthend-on-Sea[1] | ||||
| 1933 | RenamedSouthend-on-Sea for Westcliff and Thorpe Bay | ||||
| 1 May 1949 | RenamedSouthend-on-Sea Victoria | ||||
| 20 February 1969 | RenamedSouthend Victoria | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 |  1.719 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.560 million | ||||
| Interchange | 1,587 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  1.101 million | ||||
| Interchange | 2,285 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 1.262 million | ||||
| Interchange | 2,049 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 1.263 million | ||||
| Interchange | 2,735 | ||||
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Southend Victoria railway station is the eastern terminus of theShenfield to Southend Line, a branch off theGreat Eastern Main Line, in theEast of England. It is one of two primary stations that serve the resort city ofSouthend-on-Sea,Essex; the other isSouthend Central on theLondon, Tilbury and Southend line. It is located 41 miles 42 chains (66.83 km) down the line fromLondon Liverpool Street; the preceding station on the line isPrittlewell. TheEngineer's Line Reference for the line is SSV; the station's three-letter station code is SOV. The station has four platforms, each with an operational length for 10-carClass 720electric multiple units.
The line fromWickford to Southend, including this station, was opened on 1 October 1889.[2] There was a goods yard to the east of the station, which closed on 5 June 1967.[2] The station area still has extensive carriage sidings: Down Carriage Sidings (North) 10 roads (known as theKlondyke sidings);[3] Down Carriage Sidings (South) three roads plus a disused Royal Mail Terminal; Up Carriage Sidings (North) three roads (known as The Shute);[3] Up Carriage Sidings (South) two roads.[4]
Electrification of theShenfield to Southend Victoria line using 1.5 kV DC overhead line electrification (OLE) was completed on 31 December 1956. This was changed to 6.25 kV AC in November 1960 and to 25 kV AC on 25 January 1979.[2]
The station was namedSouthend for Westcliffe & Thorpe Bay from 1933 to 1949; it was renamedSouthend-on-Sea Victoria on 1 May 1949 and was finally changed toSouthend Victoria on 20 February 1969.[2]
The station is managed byGreater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it. The typical Monday to Saturday off-peak service is of three trains per hour to Liverpool Street. On Sundays, there are typically two trains per hour to Liverpool Street.[5] Services join theGreat Eastern Main Line for London at the line's western terminus at Shenfield.
The city's other main station isSouthend Central, which provides services westbound toLondon Fenchurch Street and eastbound toShoeburyness, operated byc2c.[6]
| Preceding station |  National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Prittlewell | Greater Anglia Shenfield–Southend line | Terminus | ||
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