Southend Victoria
Southend Victoria 
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| Location | |
| Place | Southend-on-Sea |
| Local authority | Southend-on-Sea |
| Grid reference | TQ881860 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SOV |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 3.656 million |
| 2012/13 |
3.640 million |
| 2013/14 |
 3.727 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.359 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.440 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Great Eastern Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 1 October 1889 | Opened as Southend-on-Sea |
| ? | Renamed Southend-on-Sea for Westcliff and Thorpe Bay |
| 1 May 1949 | Renamed Southend-on-Sea Victoria |
| 20 February 1969 | Renamed Southend Victoria |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Southend Victoria from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Southend Victoria railway station is the eastern terminus of the Shenfield to Southend Line in the East of England, and one of the primary stations serving the resort town of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It is 41 miles 42 chains (66.8 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street; the preceding station on the line is Prittlewell. Its three-letter station code is SOV.
It is currently managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it. The typical Monday to Saturday off-peak service is of three trains per hour to Liverpool Street (the services join the Great Eastern Main Line for London at the western terminus of Shenfield). On Sundays there are typically two trains per hour to Liverpool Street.
The town's other main station is the nearby Southend Central and provides services westbound to London Fenchurch Street and eastbound to Shoeburyness, operated by c2c.
Coordinates: 51°32′30″N 0°42′40″E / 51.54167°N 0.71111°E
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