Southminster railway station

Southminster
Location
Place	Southminster
Local authority	Maldon
Coordinates
Grid reference	TQ961995
Operations
Station code	SMN
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F1
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.136 million
2005/06	0.135 million
2006/07	0.134 million
2007/08	0.126 million
2008/09	0.129 million
2009/10	0.129 million
2010/11	0.142 million
2011/12	0.132 million
2012/13	0.134 million
2013/14	0.144 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1 July 1889 (1 July 1889)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Southminster from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Southminster nuclear flask transhipment facility, 2002

Southminster railway station is on the Crouch Valley Line in the East of England, serving the town of Southminster, Essex. It is 45 miles 42 chains (73.3 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is the eastern terminus of the branch line. The preceding station to the west is Burnham-on-Crouch. Its three-letter station code is SMN.

The station was opened by the Great Eastern Railway in 1889. The line and station were passed to the London and North Eastern Railway following the Grouping of 1923. It then passed to the Eastern Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948. The branch was electrified in 1986. When sectorisation was introduced, Southminster was served by Network South East until the privatisation of British Railways. A nuclear flask handling facility operated to the south of the station during the operation and decommissioning of Bradwell nuclear power station.

Today the station is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it. The typical off-peak service is of one train every 40 minutes to Wickford, with additional services at peak times. Some peak services continue to or from Shenfield and/or London Liverpool Street via the Great Eastern Main Line. Services are typically formed of Southend-based Class 321 rolling stock, built by BREL York and first introduced in 1988.

External links

• Map sources for Southminster railway station

• Train times and station information for Southminster railway station from National Rail
• History of the Crouch Valley Line
• Local information about Crouch Valley Line

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Burnham-on-Crouch		Abellio Greater Anglia Crouch Valley Line		Terminus