East Tilbury railway station

East Tilbury
East Tilbury
Location
Place	East Tilbury
Local authority	Borough of Thurrock
Grid reference	TQ676789
Operations
Station code	ETL
Managed by	c2c
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
	Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections; from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.342 million
2015/16	0.360 million
2016/17	0.411 million
2017/18	0.444 million
2018/19	0.458 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1936
	National Rail – UK railway stations
	Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at East Tilbury from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.;

East Tilbury railway station is on a loop line on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, serving the village of East Tilbury, Essex. It is 25 miles 7 chains (40.4 km) down the line from London Fenchurch Street via Rainham and it is situated between Tilbury Town and Stanford-le-Hope. Its three-letter station code is ETL.

It was opened on 7 September 1936 as a halt station intended to serve workers at the nearby Bata Shoe Company, which paid for the construction of the platforms. Initially, trains only stopped in rush hour. The halt was upgraded to full station status in January 1949. Increasing patronage at East Tilbury led to the closure in 1967 of Low Street, a minor station close by.

East Tilbury is on a link known as the Tilbury Loop, which joins the main line at the London end at Barking and at the country end at Pitsea. The station and all trains serving it are operated by c2c.

It is located close to Coalhouse Fort, an artillery fort dating from the 1860s.

Services

The typical off-peak service consists of:

2 trains per hour (tph) to London Fenchurch Street via Ockendon;
2 tph to Southend Central.

External links

Train times and station information for East Tilbury railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail		Following station
Tilbury Town		c2c London, Tilbury and Southend Line Tilbury Loop	Stanford-le-Hope
	Disused railways
Tilbury Riverside		Network SouthEast London, Tilbury and Southend Railway	Low Street

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