Althorne railway station
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Althorne railway station is a stop on the Crouch Valley Line in the East of England, serving the village of Althorne, Essex. It is Script error: No such module "convert". down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Template:Rws to the west and Template:Rws to the east. The station is managed by Greater Anglia, which operates all services. The Engineer's Line Reference for line is WIS; the station's three-letter station code is ALN. The single platform, north of the running line, has an operational length for eight-coach trains.
History
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. The facilities included a single platform with station buildings, a goods yard and a 30-lever signal box south of the station.[1] Two miles east of Althorne, Creeksea sidings (facing points in the down direction) received traffic to and from the Creeksea ferry from 1889 to 1947.[1]
Ownership passed to the London and North Eastern Railway, following the Grouping of 1923, and then to the Eastern Region of British Railways upon nationalisation in 1948. When sectorisation was introduced, Althorne was managed by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Railways. The goods yard closed on 19 December 1960 and the signal box on 21 January 1967. The level crossing to the east of the station was normally closed to road vehicles, but was later converted to an automatic open crossing with lights.[1]
Electrification of the Wickford to Southminster line using 25 kV overhead line electrification was completed on 12 May 1986.
Services
All services at Althorne are operated by Greater Anglia, using Template:Brc electric multiple units.
The typical off-peak service is one train every 40 minutes in each direction between Wickford and Southminster. During peak hours, some services continue beyond Wickford to and from Shenfield and London Liverpool Street. On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.[2]
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External links
- Train times and station information for Althorne railway station from National Rail
- Station on navigable O.S. map
- History of the Crouch Valley Line
- Local information about Crouch Valley Line
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- Railway stations in Essex
- DfT Category F2 stations
- Former Great Eastern Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1889
- Railway stations served by Greater Anglia
- William Neville Ashbee railway stations