Pitsea railway station

Pitsea
General information
Location	Basildon
Managed by	c2c
Platforms	4
History
Opened	1856

Pitsea station is a railway station located in Pitsea in the Basildon district of Essex, United Kingdom.

The station was opened in 1856 by the London Tilbury & Southend Railway and is 26 miles (41.8 km) distant on the main line from Fenchurch Street.

The Ticket Office Building

The new building was opend by Derek Twigg (then Rail Minister) in October 2005. The building houses the Ticket Office, Customer Toilets including a Disabled Toilet and a Retail Unit.

The Station also has four Automatic Ticket Gates.

The Ticket Office

The Ticket Office is open Monday - Friday 05.15 - 22.00, Saturday and Sunday 06.15 - 22.00. It has two serving positions and uses the Tribute Issuing System. Outside the Ticket Office is an Avantix Self Service Ticket Machine.

Train services are operated by c2c.

Off Peak Service

The typical off-peak service frequency is:

• 4tph (trains per hour) to Fenchurch Street of which:
  • 2tph call at all stations via Basildon
  • 2tph take the longer route via Ockendon

• 2tph to Shoeburyness
• 2tph to Southend Central

Pitsea is located on a junction between Basildon railway station or Stanford-le-Hope railway station and Benfleet railway station.

The station is immediately south of the A13 road, and adjacent to a level crossing which gives the main road access to the marshes area south of Pitsea and Basildon.

External links

• Train times and station information for Pitsea railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Basildon		c2c		Benfleet
Stanford-le-Hope		c2c