Southminster railway station
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Southminster railway station serves the small town of Southminster
in Essex
, England
. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by National Express East Anglia. It is the eastern terminus of the Crouch Valley Line
.
on 1 July 1889.
The branch was electrified in 1986.
Nowadays, the most common stock used are the Southend based class 321 EMUs, built by BREL at York, and first introduced in 1988.
Southminster
Southminster is a town on the Dengie peninsula in the Maldon district of Essex in the East of England. It lies about three miles north of Burnham-on-Crouch and ten miles south-east of Maldon. To the north is the River Blackwater, which is tidal and since Roman times has been the gateway to trading...
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 serving it, are operated by National Express East Anglia. It is the eastern terminus of the Crouch Valley Line
Crouch Valley Line
The Crouch Valley Line is a branch line from Wickford to Southminster in Essex. It is usually called the Southminster Branch by users of the line, although that is no longer its official name...
.
History
The station was opened by the Great Eastern RailwayGreat Eastern Railway
The Great Eastern Railway was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia...
on 1 July 1889.
The branch was electrified in 1986.
Rolling stock since electrification
Rolling stock used since electrification has been a mixture of 302 and 305 slam door stock, and 315s and 321s with sliding doors.Nowadays, the most common stock used are the Southend based class 321 EMUs, built by BREL at York, and first introduced in 1988.