Chafford Hundred Lakeside railway station
Chafford Hundred Lakeside 
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Chafford Hundred Lakeside railway station in 2010, prior to the name change
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 Chafford Hundred Lakeside
Location of Chafford Hundred Lakeside in Essex
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| Location | Chafford Hundred |
| Local authority | Borough of Thurrock |
| Grid reference | TQ589787 |
| Managed by | c2c |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code | CFH |
| DfT category | E |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | G |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 2.083 million |
| 2012–13 |
 2.086 million |
| 2013–14 |
2.084 million |
| 2014–15 |
2.274 million |
| 2015–16 |
2.534 million |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | British Rail |
| Key dates | |
| 1993 | Opened as Chafford Hundred |
| January 2013 | Renamed Chafford Hundred Lakeside |
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| WGS84 | 51°29′09″N 0°17′15″E / 51.4859°N 0.2876°ECoordinates: 51°29′09″N 0°17′15″E / 51.4859°N 0.2876°E |
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Chafford Hundred Lakeside railway station is located on a single-track branch line of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, serving the town of Chafford Hundred as well as Lakeside Shopping Centre in Essex. It is 20 miles 77 chains (33.7 km) down-line from London Fenchurch Street via Upminster; it is situated between Ockendon and Grays. Its three-letter station code is CFH.
The station has a single platform and was opened in 1993 by British Rail with the name Chafford Hundred. Today, all passenger train services are operated by c2c, which also manages the station. Although outside the London fare zones 1 to 6, the station became part of the Oyster card pay-as-you-go network in 2010. According to the ORR, the station is the busiest single-platform station in the UK, beating the next busiest (Windsor and Eton Central) by some 650,000 passengers per year.
The single-track line through the area was opened in 1893 by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) as part of a branch from Romford to Grays via Upminster. By the late 20th century service on the line had been reduced to a relatively infrequent shuttle between Upminster and Grays, calling at the only intermediate station at Ockendon.
Following the opening of Lakeside Shopping Centre in 1990 a new single-platform station was opened in 1993 by British Rail. Initially a free shuttle bus connected the station to the shopping centre, with a direct pedestrian bridge link replacing the bus in 2000. The shuttle train service was eventually extended beyond Upminster to Fenchurch Street in London and beyond Grays to Southend Central in Southend-on-Sea, with service frequency increased to two trains an hour in each direction.
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