Southend-on-Sea Victoria
321335 at Southend Victoria, waiting time on a service to London Liverpool Street, on 23rd April 2014. This station, terminus of the branch from Shenfield, was opened by the GER for freight in 1888 and to passengers in 1889 and is one of the busiest outer suburban lines out of Liverpool Street, serving the dormitory towns of Billericay, Wickford, Rayleigh, Hockley and Rochford. Wickford is the junction for the Crouch Valley Line to Southminster, opened at the same time and on 18th July 2011 an additional station was opened on the Southend line to serve Southend Airport. This might have been better off on a short branch line; as it is, airport passengers with all their luggage have to share the same trains with hundreds of London commuters.
Location: Southend-on-Sea Victoria
Original line: Shenfield to Southend Line (Great Eastern Railway)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: Class 321 Greater Anglia units
Date: 23/04/2014
Image number: 71956
