Rayleigh railway station
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Rayleigh railway station serves the town of Rayleigh
in Essex
, England
. The station, and all trains calling there, are operated by National Express East Anglia.
It is a small station on the line from Southend Victoria
to London Liverpool Street
. it has a ticket office and no barriers. When the ticket office is closed, access to the platform is available through a gate to the left of the building.
Immediately outside the station is the taxi rank and a car park. There are two bus stops, one on the main road, and one along a small slip road, where buses can wait. There is also a newsagent's shop called "Martin The Newsagent" to the right of the station entrance. Rayleigh town centre is a short, steep walk uphill.
On 25 May 2007, the station was the scene of an armed robbery as a cash machine was being unloaded. A local commuter described as "heroic" was shot in the chest while attempting to help the staff, but fully recovered in hospital.
Rayleigh, Essex
Rayleigh is a market town and civil parish in the District of Rochford in Essex, England, located between Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea. It lies to the east of central London. It has a population of 30,196, having expanded rapidly in the 1960s.-Toponymy:...
in 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, and all trains calling there, are operated by National Express East Anglia.
It is a small station on the line from Southend Victoria
Southend Victoria railway station
Southend Victoria is one of two major railway stations in the town of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. The station is the terminus of the Shenfield to Southend Line, which is a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line...
to London Liverpool Street
Liverpool Street station
Liverpool Street railway station, also known as London Liverpool Street or simply Liverpool Street, is both a central London railway terminus and a connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, England...
. it has a ticket office and no barriers. When the ticket office is closed, access to the platform is available through a gate to the left of the building.
Immediately outside the station is the taxi rank and a car park. There are two bus stops, one on the main road, and one along a small slip road, where buses can wait. There is also a newsagent's shop called "Martin The Newsagent" to the right of the station entrance. Rayleigh town centre is a short, steep walk uphill.
On 25 May 2007, the station was the scene of an armed robbery as a cash machine was being unloaded. A local commuter described as "heroic" was shot in the chest while attempting to help the staff, but fully recovered in hospital.