Southend Victoria railway station
Station building and main entrance, July 2012 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Southend-on-Sea, City of Southend-on-Sea England | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ881860 | ||||
| Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SOV | ||||
| Classification | DfT category C1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Great Eastern Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 October 1889 | Opened as Southend-on-Sea | ||||
| 1933 | Renamed Southend-on-Sea for Westcliff and Thorpe Bay | ||||
| 1 May 1949 | Renamed Southend-on-Sea Victoria | ||||
| 20 February 1969 | Renamed Southend Victoria | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 | 0.560 million | ||||
| Interchange | 1,587 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 1.101 million | ||||
| Interchange | 2,285 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 1.262 million | ||||
| Interchange | 2,049 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 1.263 million | ||||
| Interchange | 2,735 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 1.386 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0 | ||||
| |||||
| |||||
Southend Victoria railway station is the eastern terminus of the Shenfield to Southend Line, a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England. It is one of two primary stations that serve the resort city of Southend-on-Sea, Essex; the other is Southend Central on the London, Tilbury and Southend line. It is located 41 miles 42 chains (66.83 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street; the preceding station on the line is Prittlewell. The Engineer's Line Reference for the line is SSV; the station's three-letter station code is SOV. The station has four platforms, each with an operational length for 10-car Class 720 electric multiple units.
Services from Southend Victoria join the Great Eastern Main Line for London at Shenfield and have limited stops into Liverpool Street.
The city's other main station is Southend Central, which provides services westbound to London Fenchurch Street and eastbound to Shoeburyness, operated by c2c.