Prittlewell railway station

Prittlewell
Location
Place	Prittlewell
Local authority	Southend-on-Sea
Grid reference	TQ880870
Operations
Station code	PRL
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.109 million
2005/06	95,272
2006/07	0.119 million
2007/08	0.113 million
2008/09	0.112 million
2009/10	0.109 million
2010/11	0.111 million
2011/12	0.125 million
2012/13	0.161 million
2013/14	0.164 million
2014/15	0.425 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1892
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Prittlewell from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Prittlewell railway station is on the Shenfield to Southend Line in the East of England, serving the residential district of Prittlewell in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It is 40 miles 67 chains (65.7 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Southend Airport and Southend Victoria. Its three-letter station code is PRL.

Prittlewell itself was the original settlement here, until Southend expanded and engulfed it. The station is close to Prittlewell Priory and to Southend United's home ground, Roots Hall.^[1] It is currently managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it. The typical off-peak service is of three trains per hour to Southend Victoria and three to Liverpool Street (services join the Great Eastern Main Line for London at Shenfield).

Services

Prittlewell is the preceding station to Southend Victoria, the eastern terminus of the line; the typical off-peak service to Southend Victoria is three trains per hour. In the London-bound direction, trains call at all stations along the line to its western terminus of Shenfield, where they join the Great Eastern Main Line to run non-stop to Stratford and Liverpool Street. The typical off-peak service towards London is also three trains per hour (one of which calls additionally at Romford).

The station is closed on Sundays and trains pass through without stopping.

References

1. http://www.southendunited.co.uk/club/visit-us/

External links

• Train times and station information for Prittlewell railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 51°33′04″N 0°42′40″E / 51.551°N 0.711°E