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Southend Airport railway station

Railway station in Essex, England

Summary

Railway station in Essex, England

Field	Value
name	Southend Airport
symbol_location	gb
symbol	rail
image	Southend_Airport_railway_station.jpg
caption	The station in 2012
borough	London Southend Airport, Rochford
country	England
coordinates
grid_name	Grid reference
grid_position
manager	London Southend Airport
platforms	2
code	SIA
years	18 July 2011
events	Opened
mpassengers
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2020/21	passengers= 64,524}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2021/22	passengers= 0.126 million}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2022/23	passengers= 0.141 million}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2023/24	passengers= 0.188 million}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2024/25	passengers= 0.232 million}}
footnotes	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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 mi down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and . Train services provide an airport rail link between Southend Airport and Central London.

The station is managed by London Southend Airport but the trains serving it are operated by Greater Anglia. The Engineer's Line Reference for the line is SSV; the station's three-letter station code is SIA. The platforms have an operational length for 12-coach trains.

History

When Southend Airport officially opened as a municipal airport in 1935, the mayor of Southend suggested that it would be a good idea to open a railway station to serve the airport. For the first 75 years of the airport's operation, the nearest railway station was . 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. It was not until 2008 that the Stobart group began to advance the project and construction began in late 2009. The station was originally planned to open in 2009, but the opening date was postponed several times. In June 2011, National Express East Anglia trains began stopping at the station, but passengers were initially not permitted to get off.

The station was designed by Atkins and constructed by Birse Rail; it was opened by the Transport Minister Theresa Villiers in 2011. A new terminal building adjoining the station opened in 2012.

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:

2 trains per hour (tph) to London Liverpool Street, calling at all stations to and then .
1 tph to London Liverpool Street, calling at all stations to Shenfield, then and Stratford.
3 tph to , calling at .

On Sunday, the service reduces to 2tph in each direction.

Since the Crossrail project was completed in 2023, interchange is provided with the Elizabeth line at Shenfield, Stratford and Liverpool Street, providing onward connections to central London and Heathrow Airport. Glyn Jones, chief executive of Stobart Aviation, proposed in 2018 that Crossrail should be extended to Southend Airport to alleviate capacity problems at Heathrow.

Map of London airport Tube and rail connections

References

Geoghegan, John. (18 July 2011). "Airport rail station to open next week". Echo Newspapers.
(21 September 2011}}{{dead link). "New London Southend Airport Railway Station Officially Opens". London Southend Airport.
(18 July 2011). "London Southend Airport opens station and control tower". [[BBC News]].
"Birse Rail joins forces with Stobart Rail to construct new railway station at Southend Airport". BalfourBeattyRail.
(2 June 2024). "Timetables". Greater Anglia.
(9 February 2018). "Extend Crossrail to Southend Airport".

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