Pitsea railway station
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Pitsea station is a railway station located in Pitsea
in Basildon
, Essex
, England
.
The station was opened on 1 July 1855 by the London Tilbury and Southend Railway The original station was replaced by another on an adjacent site on 1 June 1888. It is 26 miles (41.8 km) distant on the main line from Fenchurch Street
. The station was renamed Pitsea for Vange on 18 July 1932, but reverted to the original name Pitsea .
The Station and all Services are operated by c2c
.
MP
(then Rail Minister) attended for the "Ribbon Cutting" in November 2005. The Building houses Customer Toilets including a Disabled Toilet, as well as a Retail Unit.
The Station also has four Automatic Ticket Gates.
. Outside the Ticket Office is a customer operated Self Service Ticket Machine that takes payment by both cash and cards.
Pitsea is located on a junction between Basildon railway station
or Stanford-le-Hope
railway station and Benfleet railway station
.
The station is immediately south of the A13 road, and adjacent to a level crossing
which gives the main road access to the marshes area south of Pitsea and Basildon.
Pitsea
Pitsea is a small town in the east of the Basildon district of south Essex, England. It comprises five sub-districts: Eversley, Northlands Park Neighbourhood , Chalvedon, Pitsea Mount and Burnt Mills. Vange is located to the west of Pitsea, Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet to the east and Nevendon...
in Basildon
Basildon (district)
Basildon is a local government district in south Essex in the East of England, centred around the town of Basildon. The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974 from the former area of Basildon Urban District and the part of Thurrock Urban District that was within the...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
The station was opened on 1 July 1855 by the London Tilbury and Southend Railway The original station was replaced by another on an adjacent site on 1 June 1888. It is 26 miles (41.8 km) distant on the main line from Fenchurch Street
Fenchurch Street railway station
Fenchurch Street railway station, also known as London Fenchurch Street, is a central London railway terminus in the south eastern corner of the City of London, England. The station is one of the smallest terminals in London in terms of platforms and one of the most intensively operated...
. The station was renamed Pitsea for Vange on 18 July 1932, but reverted to the original name Pitsea .
The Station and all Services are operated by c2c
C2c
c2c is a British train operating company that is part of the National Express Group. It provides passenger rail services on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway line from Fenchurch Street railway station in the City of London to east London and the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway...
.
The Ticket Office Building
The new building was opened in October 2005. Derek TwiggDerek Twigg
John Derek Twigg is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Halton since 1997.-Early life:...
MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(then Rail Minister) attended for the "Ribbon Cutting" in November 2005. The Building houses Customer Toilets including a Disabled Toilet, as well as a Retail Unit.
The Station also has four Automatic Ticket Gates.
The Ticket Office
The Ticket Office is open Monday - Friday 05.15 - 22.00, Saturday and Sunday 06.15 - 22.00. It has two serving positions and uses the Tribute Issuing SystemTribute (ticket)
Tribute is one of the new generation of ticket issuing systems introduced to ticket offices by British Rail during the mid-1990s, prior to the privatisation of the network...
. Outside the Ticket Office is a customer operated Self Service Ticket Machine that takes payment by both cash and cards.
Off Peak Service
The typical off-peak service frequency is:- 4tph (trains per hour) to Fenchurch StreetFenchurch Street railway stationFenchurch Street railway station, also known as London Fenchurch Street, is a central London railway terminus in the south eastern corner of the City of London, England. The station is one of the smallest terminals in London in terms of platforms and one of the most intensively operated...
of which:- 2tph call at all stations via Basildon
- 2tph call at all stations via Ockendon
- with additional peak hour journeys via RainhamRainham railway station (London)Rainham railway station is located in Rainham, in the London Borough of Havering in northeast London, England. It is in London fare zone 6 and is managed, and passenger train services are provided, by c2c. The station was opened in 1854 as part of the original route of the London, Tilbury and...
- with additional peak hour journeys via Rainham
- 2tph to ShoeburynessShoeburyness railway stationShoeburyness is a railway station located in the small town of Shoeburyness in the borough and unitary district of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. The station serves as the eastern terminus of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway from Fenchurch Street railway station in the City of London,...
- 2tph to Southend CentralSouthend Central railway stationSouthend Central is a railway station on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. Train services are provided by the National Express Group train operating company c2c...
Pitsea is located on a junction between Basildon railway station
Basildon railway station
Basildon is railway station located in Basildon, Essex, England. The station was opened in 1974. The Station is managed by and all train services are operated by c2c...
or Stanford-le-Hope
Stanford-le-Hope
Stanford-le-Hope is a town and Church of England parish situated in the county of Essex, England. The town is within the unitary authority of Thurrock and located 23.8 miles east of Charing Cross in London...
railway station and Benfleet railway station
Benfleet railway station
Benfleet railway station, or Benfleet railway station for Canvey Island, serves the towns of South Benfleet and Canvey Island in Essex, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by c2c. The station opened in 1855.- Facilities :...
.
The station is immediately south of the A13 road, and adjacent to a level crossing
Level crossing
A level crossing occurs where a railway line is intersected by a road or path onone level, without recourse to a bridge or tunnel. It is a type of at-grade intersection. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion...
which gives the main road access to the marshes area south of Pitsea and Basildon.