Shenfield to Southend Line

Shenfield-Southend Victoria Line

Principal stations (Great Eastern Main Line) Shenfield Billericay Wickford for Crouch Valley Line) Rayleigh Hockley Rochford Prittlewell Southend Victoria

The Shenfield to Southend (Victoria) Line is a railway line from Southend-on-Sea to Shenfield in Essex. Almost all trains continue through to London Liverpool Street along the Great Eastern Main Line. It forms Network Rail route EA 1050.

Places served by the line are:

• Shenfield
• Billericay
• Wickford
  • connection with services to Southminster
• Rayleigh
• Hockley
• Rochford
• Prittlewell
• Southend-on-Sea

The line diverges from the Great Eastern Main Line at Shenfield. It is double track throughout, and is electrified at 25 kV AC, using overhead wires.

Passenger services are currently operated by 'one'. They replaced the previous operator, First Great Eastern, on 1 April 2004, when all the operators in East Anglia were merged into one new franchise. Services are formed using Class 315 or Class 321 electrical multiple units.