Battlesbridge railway station

Battlesbridge National Rail
The station's platform, 2011
Location
Place Battlesbridge
Local authority Chelmsford
Grid reference TQ776949
Operations
Station code BLB
Managed by Greater Anglia
Number of platforms 1
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 13,278
2013/14 Increase 14,810
2014/15 Increase 14,950
2015/16 Increase 14,984
2016/17 Increase 16,804
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Battlesbridge from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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 to the east. The Engineer's Line Reference for the line is WIS; the station's three-letter station code is BLB. The platform has an operational length for four-coach trains.

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 The freight service was withdrawn on 4 October 1965; the goods loop and signal box were closed on 7 December 1966.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 25kV overhead line electrification (OLE) was completed on 12 May 1986.

Battlesbridge station is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it. The typical off-peak service is of one westbound train every 40 minutes to Wickford and one eastbound train every 40 minutes to Southminster, with additional services at peak times. Some peak services continue to or from Shenfield and/or London Liverpool Street via the Great Eastern Main Line.

References

  1. 1 2 Mitchell, Vic (2010). Branch Lines to Southend and Southminster. Midhurst Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-76-5.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Wickford   Greater Anglia
Crouch Valley Line		   South Woodham Ferrers

Coordinates: 51°37′30″N 0°33′58″E / 51.625°N 0.566°E / 51.625; 0.566

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