Southend Airport railway station
Railway station in Essex, England
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Southend Airport railway station is a stop on the Shenfield to Southend Line in the East of England; it serves London Southend Airport, the village of Sutton and northern parts of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It is 39 miles 44 chains (63.65 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Rochford and Prittlewell.[2] Train services provide an airport rail link between Southend Airport and Central London.
England
Southend Airport  | |||||
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The station in 2012 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | London Southend Airport, Rochford England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51.5687°N 0.7052°E | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ875890 | ||||
| Manager | London Southend Airport | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SIA[1] | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 18 July 2011 | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 |  64,524 | ||||
| 2021/22 |  0.126 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.141 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 0.188 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 0.232 million | ||||
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The station is managed by London Southend Airport but the trains serving it are operated by Greater Anglia.[3]
History
For the first 75 years of the airport's operation, the nearest railway station was Rochford.[citation needed] After Southend Borough Council sold the airport to Regional Airports Ltd, a scheme was proposed in 1997 to build a station; planning permission was obtained from Rochford District Council.[4] It was not until 2008 that the Stobart group began to advance the project and construction began in late 2009.[4] In June 2011, National Express East Anglia trains began stopping at the station, but passengers were initially not permitted to get off.[5][6][3]
The station was designed by Atkins and constructed by Birse Rail; it was opened by then-Transport Minister Theresa Villiers in 2011.[7]
Facilities
The station has a ticket office and ticket machines, two car parks, cycle spaces, toilets and live departure screens.[8]
Passenger volume
| 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entries and exits | 57,208 | 340,814 | 408,430 | 520,734 | 425,160 | 395,646 | 466,510 | 611,256 | 757,058 | 64,524 | 126,090 | 141,358 | 187,966 | 231,806 |
The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services
The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:[10]
- 3 trains per hour (tph) to London Liverpool Street, calling at all stations to Shenfield and then Stratford (one calls additionally at Romford);
- 3 tph to Southend Victoria, calling at Prittlewell.
On Sunday, the service reduces to 2tph in each direction.
Glyn Jones, chief executive of Stobart Aviation, proposed in 2018 that Crossrail should be extended to Southend Airport to alleviate capacity problems at Heathrow.[11]
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochford | Greater Anglia Shenfield–Southend line |
Prittlewell | ||
Community rail
The station, as with all stations on the line, is part of the Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership.[12]
