Pitsea railway station

Railway station in Essex, England

51°33′36″N 0°30′22″E / 51.560°N 0.506°E / 51.560; 0.506Grid referenceTQ738875Managed byc2cPlatforms4Other informationStation codePSEClassificationDfT category C2HistoryOriginal companyLondon, Tilbury and Southend RailwayPre-groupingMidland RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1 July 1855Opened as Pitsea1 June 1888Re-sited18 July 1932Renamed Pitsea for VangeDecember 1952Renamed PitseaPassengers2018/19

1.316 million Interchange

0.255 million2019/20

1.289 million Interchange

0.220 million2020/21

0.496 million Interchange

94,9562021/22

0.934 million Interchange

0.163 million2022/23

1.060 million Interchange

0.199 million Notes

Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Pitsea railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the small town of Pitsea in the borough of Basildon, Essex. It is situated at a junction where a loop via Grays re-joins the main line via Basildon. Down the main line it is 26 miles 42 chains (42.7 km) from London Fenchurch Street; via the loop it is 32 miles 37 chains (52.2 km) from Fenchurch Street. Its three-letter station code is PSE.

It was originally opened in 1855^[1]^[2] by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway but was replaced by a new station on an adjacent site in 1888 when the line from Barking to Upminster fully opened.^[2] The station was renamed Pitsea for Vange in 1932, but reverted to the original name Pitsea in 1952.^[2]

The station and all trains serving it are currently operated by c2c.

Description

The station is immediately south of the A13 road, adjacent to a level crossing which gives the main road access to the marshes area south of Pitsea and Basildon.

A new station building was opened in October 2005. Derek Twigg (then rail minister) attended for the "ribbon cutting" in November 2005. The building houses customer toilets and a retail unit. The station also has four automatic ticket gates.

The ticket office has two serving positions and uses the Tribute issuing system. Outside the ticket office is a self-service ticket machine that takes payment by both cash and cards.

Services

As of the December 2023 timetable the typical Monday to Friday off-peak service is:^[3]

2 trains per hour (tph) to London Fenchurch Street via Basildon;
2 tph to London Fenchurch Street via Ockendon;
2 tph to Shoeburyness;
2 tph to Southend Central.

Additional services to/from London start/terminate here during peak times.

References

^ James Bettley and Nikolaus Pevsner (2007). Essex. The Buildings of England. Yale University Press. p. 122.
^ ^a ^b ^c Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 186. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ "c2c Train Times from 10 December 2023" (PDF). c2c. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.