Southend Victoria railway station

Southend Victoria
General information
Location	Southend-on-Sea, City of Southend-on-Sea England
Grid reference	TQ881860
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	SOV
Classification	DfT category C1
History
Original company	Great Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1 October 1889	Opened as Southend-on-Sea[1]
1933	Renamed Southend-on-Sea for Westcliff and Thorpe Bay
1 May 1949	Renamed Southend-on-Sea Victoria
20 February 1969	Renamed Southend Victoria
Passengers
2018/19	2.130 million
2019/20	1.719 million
2020/21	0.560 million
Interchange	1,587
2021/22	1.101 million
Interchange	2,285
2022/23	1.262 million
Interchange	2,049
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Southend Victoria railway station is the eastern terminus of the Shenfield to Southend Line in the East of England, a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line, and is one of the primary stations serving the resort city of Southend-on-Sea, Essex (the other is Southend Central on the London, Tilbury and Southend line). It is 41 miles 42 chains (66.83 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street; the preceding station on the line is Prittlewell. The Engineer's Line Reference for the line is SSV; the station's three-letter station code is SOV. The station has four platforms each with an operational length for 10-car Class 720 trains.