Thorpe Bay is a railway station in Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea is a unitary authority area, town, and seaside resort in Essex, England. The district has Borough status, and comprises the towns of Chalkwell, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, North Shoebury, Prittlewell, Shoeburyness, Southchurch, Thorpe Bay, and Westcliff-on-Sea. The district is situated...

, on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway

London, Tilbury and Southend Railway

The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway is an English railway line linking Fenchurch Street railway station in the City of London with northeast London and the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway area of southern Essex. It is currently known as the Essex Thameside Route by Network Rail...

. Train services are provided by c2c

C2c

c2c is a British train operating company that is part of the National Express Group. It provides passenger rail services on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway line from Fenchurch Street railway station in the City of London to east London and the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway...

. The station is 37 miles (59.5 km) distant on the main line from Fenchurch Street.

Layout

The station has two platforms, which are connected by an overhead footbridge. Platform 1 serves London bound trains, and Platform 2 serves Shoeburyness bound trains.

Ticket Office

The Ticket Office has two serving positions and is open seven days a week. Monday - Friday hours are 05.15 - 20.30, Saturday 0615 - 1540 and Sunday 0645 - 1600. It uses TRIBUTE ticket

Tribute (ticket)

Tribute is one of the new generation of ticket issuing systems introduced to ticket offices by British Rail during the mid-1990s, prior to the privatisation of the network...

 issuing systems.

Services

The typical off-peak service frequency is:

• 4tph (trains per hour) to Fenchurch Street
  Fenchurch Street railway station
  Fenchurch Street railway station, also known as London Fenchurch Street, is a central London railway terminus in the south eastern corner of the City of London, England. The station is one of the smallest terminals in London in terms of platforms and one of the most intensively operated...
  
   of which:
  • 2tph do not stop at Pitsea, West Horndon or Limehouse
  • 2tph call at all stations via Basildon
• 4tph to Shoeburyness
  Shoeburyness railway station
  Shoeburyness is a railway station located in the small town of Shoeburyness in the borough and unitary district of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. The station serves as the eastern terminus of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway from Fenchurch Street railway station in the City of London,...
  
  

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