Station code WIC DfT category C2 | Grid reference TQ745936 Managed by Abellio Greater Anglia 2011/12 2.070 million Number of platforms 4 | |
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Similar Battlesbridge railway station, Billericay railway station, Ingatestone railway station, Shenfield railway station, Hatfield Peverel railway st |
Wickford railway station is on the Shenfield to Southend Line and is also the western terminus of the Crouch Valley Line in the east of England, serving the town of Wickford in the Basildon district of Essex. It is 29 miles 2 chains (46.7 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Billericay to the west and, to the east Rayleigh on the Southend Line and Battlesbridge on the Crouch Valley Line. Its three-letter station code is WIC.
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The vast majority of services on both lines connect to the Great Eastern Main Line at Shenfield for Liverpool Street. Wickford station and all trains serving it are currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia.
The station was previously called Wickford Junction when the Crouch Valley route to Southminster also included a branch to Maldon West and more agricultural traffic passed through the station.
Description
Wickford station comprises two main line platforms (platform 2 for eastbound services and 3 for westbound services towards London), and two branch line bay platforms (numbers 1, which is used for trains from Southminster and 4, which is very rarely used) at the eastern end of the station. At the London end of the station there once was a goods yard and turntable for steam locomotives; a couple of sidings remain here for storing engineering vehicles or failed trains, but much of the railway land here is now in use as a car park for passengers.
The signal box that was formerly located at the end of platforms 3 and 4, before the bridge crossing Wickford High Street, was demolished in the early 1990s following the introduction of new signalling controlled from Liverpool Street. The upper floor of the original Great Eastern Railway station buildings on platforms 1 and 2 were destroyed by fire in the late 1990s, however, the ground floor (including the ticket office, waiting room and staff accommodation) was saved and remains in use.
Accidents and incidents
Services
As of December 2015 the typical weekday off-peak service is:
At peak times, service frequencies may be increased and calling patterns varied.