Battlesbridge
National Rail
The station's platform, 2011
General information
LocationBattlesbridge, Chelmsford
England
Grid referenceTQ776949
Managed byGreater Anglia
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeBLB
ClassificationDfT category F2
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 16,446
2019/20Increase 19,848
2020/21Decrease 5,580
2021/22Increase 18,712
2022/23Increase 19,086
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Battlesbridge in 1961, seven years before the station buildings were demolished

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. Train services are operated by Greater Anglia.

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 The freight service was withdrawn on 4 October 1965; the goods loop and signal box were closed on 7 December 1966.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.

Services

All services at Battlesbridge are operated by Greater Anglia using Class 720 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train every 40 minutes in each direction between Wickford and Southminster. During the peak hours, some services continue beyond Wickford to and from Shenfield and London Liverpool Street.[2]

On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Greater Anglia

References

  1. 1 2 Mitchell, Vic (2010). Branch Lines to Southend and Southminster. Midhurst Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-76-5.
  2. ↑ Table 6 National Rail timetable, May 2023
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