Stanford-le-Hope railway station

Stanford-le-Hope railway station is on a loop line on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, serving the village of Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. It is 27 miles 13 chains (43.7 km) down the line from London Fenchurch Street via Rainham and it is situated between East Tilbury and Pitsea. Its three-letter station code is SFO.

Stanford-le-Hope
Location
Place	Stanford-le-Hope
Local authority	Borough of Thurrock
Grid reference	TQ682822
Operations
Station code	SFO
Managed by	c2c
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	1.030 million
2015/16	1.068 million
2016/17	1.135 million
2017/18	1.109 million
2018/19	1.130 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1854 (1854)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stanford-le-Hope from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

It was opened on September 1854 with the name Horndon, when the line was extended to Low Street (now closed), terminating at Stanford-le-Hope until the next section of railway was opened a year later.[1] The original station building and up platform was constructed to the north of the London Road level crossing. The station was rebuilt during the 1960s immediately south of London Road by British Rail. The former station site is now the car-park.

Stanford-le-Hope 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.

Nearby DP World London Gateway, while principality a deep-water port, is also a rail cargo terminus.[2][3]

Services

The typical off-peak service consists of:

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

References

1. White, H. P. (1987). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain. 3: Greater London (3rd ed.). David St John Thomas.
2. Dunne, John (10 April 2017). "First train from UK to China set to depart from Essex". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
3. "UK's Largest Container Railfreight Depot Just One Year From Opening". Rail.co.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

External links

• Train times and station information for Stanford-le-Hope railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
East Tilbury		c2c London, Tilbury and Southend Line Tilbury Loop		Pitsea