Pitsea railway station

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Pitsea

Location

Place

Pitsea

Local authority

Basildon

Operations

Managed by

c2c

Platforms in use

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.870 million

History

Key dates

Opened 1856

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Pitsea from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Pitsea station is a railway station located in Pitsea in Basildon, Essex, England.

The station was opened in 1856 by the London Tilbury and Southend Railway and is 26 miles (41.8 km) distant on the main line from Fenchurch Street.

The Station and all Services are operated by c2c.

1 The Ticket Office Building
2 The Ticket Office
3 Off Peak Service
4 Connections
5 External links

[edit] The Ticket Office Building

The new building was opened in October 2005. Derek Twigg 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.

[edit] 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 System. Outside the Ticket Office is an Avantix Self Service Ticket Machine.

[edit] Off Peak Service

The typical off-peak service frequency is:

4tph (trains per hour) to Fenchurch Street of which:
- 2tph call at all stations via Basildon
- 2tph take the longer route via Ockendon

2tph to Shoeburyness
2tph to Southend Central

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.