Southend Airport railway station

Southend Airport
The station in 2012
Location
Place	London Southend Airport
Local authority	Rochford
Coordinates	51°34′07″N 0°42′19″E / 51.5687°N 0.7052°ECoordinates: 51°34′07″N 0°42′19″E / 51.5687°N 0.7052°E
Grid reference	TQ875890
Operations
Station code	SIA
Managed by	Stobart Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2011/12	56,834 (station opened during year)
2012/13	340,814
2013/14	408,430
2014/15	520,734
History
Original company	Network Rail
18 July 2011	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Southend Airport from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Southend Airport railway station is on the Shenfield to Southend Line in the East of England, serving London Southend Airport, the village of Sutton and northern parts of Southend-on-Sea. It is 39 miles 44 chains (63.6 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Rochford and Prittlewell. The station is managed by Stobart Rail (Stobart Aviation runs the airport) but the trains are operated by Abellio Greater Anglia.^[1] Its three-letter station code is SIA.

The station was opened by the Transport Minister Theresa Villiers in 2011; it was designed by Atkins and constructed by Birse Rail.^[2] A new terminal building adjoining the station opened in 2012. Passengers requiring the airport previously had to alight at Rochford and then take road transport.^[3][4]

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:

• 2 trains per hour (tph) to London Liverpool Street, calling at all stations to Shenfield then Stratford and Liverpool Street.
• 1 tph to London Liverpool Street, calling at all stations to Shenfield then Romford, Stratford and Liverpool Street.
• 3 tph to Southend Victoria, calling at Prittlewell and Southend Victoria.

References

1. "Airport rail station to open next week". Echo Newspapers. Stobart, not National Express, will employ the staff who man the station and meet passengers getting off the train
2. "Birse Rail joins forces with Stobart Rail to construct new railway station at Southend Airport". BalfourBeattyRail. Retrieved 28 July 2011. Birse Rail is working with Stobart Rail, part of Stobart Group, to oversee the design and construction management of a new railway station at London Southend Airport.
3. "New London Southend Airport Railway Station OfficiallyOpens" (PDF). London Southend Airport. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
4. "London Southend Airport opens station and control tower". BBC News. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.

External links

Media related to Southend Airport railway station at Wikimedia Commons