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Crouch Valley Line

Crouch Valley line
Wickford station.jpg
Wickford is the western terminus of the line
Overview
Type Commuter rail
System National Rail
Status Operational
Locale Essex
East of England
Termini Wickford
Southminster
Stations 7
Operation
Opened 1889
Owner Network Rail
Operator(s) Abellio Greater Anglia
Character Rural
Rolling stock Class 321
Technical
Line length 16 miles 40 chains (26.6 km)
Number of tracks 1
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 25 kV 50hz AC OHLE
Operating speed 60 mph maximum
Route map

miles-chains from London Liverpool Street

Shenfield to Southend Line
29-02 Wickford
Wickford junction
31-40 Battlesbridge
34-00 South Woodham Ferrers
to Maldon West
Hogwell sidings
37-25 North Fambridge
40-29 Althorne
Creeksea sidings
43-24 Burnham-on-Crouch
45-42 Southminster

miles-chains from London Liverpool Street

The Crouch Valley line (sometimes referred to as the Southminster branch line) is a branch line off the Shenfield–Southend line in Essex, in the east of England. It links Wickford in the west to Southminster in the east. The vast majority of services connect to or from the Great Eastern Main Line at Shenfield, and its London terminus at Liverpool Street.

The line is part of the Network Rail Strategic Route 7, SRS 07.05, and is classified as a London and South East commuter line. The stations and passenger services on the line are currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia.

The route, which is 16 miles 40 chains (26.6 km) in length, was opened to goods traffic on 1 June 1889 and to passengers on 1 July 1889, by the Great Eastern Railway (GER). It was electrified at 25 kV AC overhead in 1986.

The number of trains on the Crouch Valley line is restricted to two trains per hour (one in each direction) at weekends and two every 40 minutes on weekdays, with some additional services during peak times. This is due to the limited capacity available after the line was reduced to a single track in the 1960s as part of the Beeching cuts. It was also used to take waste and fuel rods from Bradwell nuclear power station to the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing facility in Cumbria, but this service has now ceased.


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