Battlesbridge railway station

Battlesbridge railway station is on the Crouch Valley Line in the East of England, serving the village of Battlesbridge, Essex. It is 31 miles 40 chains (50.7 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Wickford to the west and South Woodham Ferrers to the east. The Engineer's Line Reference for the line is WIS; the station's three-letter station code is BLB.

Battlesbridge
The station's platform, 2011
LocationBattlesbridge, Chelmsford
England
Grid referenceTQ776949
Managed byGreater Anglia
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeBLB
ClassificationDfT category F2
Passengers
2015/16 14,984
2016/17 16,804
2017/18 21,108
2018/19 16,446
2019/20 19,848
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Battlesbridge in 1961, seven years before the station buildings were demolished

The line and station were opened on 1 June 1889 for goods and on 1 October 1889 for passenger services by the Great Eastern Railway.[1] The station had a single platform with a station building, a goods shed, a goods yard including cattle pens, and a 34-lever signal box. The freight service was withdrawn on 4 October 1965; the goods loop and signal box were closed on 7 December 1966. All the station buildings were demolished in 1968.[1] Electrification of the Wickford to Southminster line using 25 kV overhead line electrification (OLE) was completed on 12 May 1986.

Battlesbridge station is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it. The typical off-peak service is of one westbound train every 40 minutes to Wickford (with some peak-hour services continuing to Shenfield and/or London Liverpool Street) and one eastbound train every 40 minutes to Southminster. Since the platform is only long enough to accommodate eight carriages, any peak-hour trains formed of 12 coaches do not call at Battlesbridge.

References
  1. Mitchell, Vic (2010). Branch Lines to Southend and Southminster. Midhurst Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-906008-76-5.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Wickford   Greater Anglia
Crouch Valley Line		   South Woodham Ferrers


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