Tilbury Town railway station

Tilbury Town railway station is on a loop line on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway, serving the town of Tilbury, Essex. It is 21 miles 48 chains (34.8 km) down the line from London Fenchurch Street via Rainham and it is situated between Grays and East Tilbury. Its three-letter station code is TIL.

Tilbury Town
Location
PlaceTilbury
Local authorityThurrock
Grid referenceTQ636763
Operations
Station codeTIL
Managed byc2c
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryD
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.899 million
2015/16 0.957 million
2016/17 1.024 million
2017/18 1.174 million
2018/19 1.254 million
History
15 June 1885Opened as Tilbury Dock
3 August 1934[1]Renamed Tilbury Town
1992Tilbury Riverside closed
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Tilbury Town from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
A 1946 Ordnance Survey map showing the station, Tilbury Riverside and the triangular junction

The station was opened on 15 June 1885 with the name Tilbury Dock. It was renamed Tilbury Town on 3 August 1934. It 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. A bus link is provided for the Gravesend ferry, replacing the rail link to Tilbury Riverside which was closed in 1992.

Today, the station and all trains serving it are operated by c2c.

Services

The typical off-peak service consists of:

The station plays two roles in the 2009 film Fish Tank – it appears in the film, and the star, Katie Jarvis, was recruited after a scout saw her arguing with her boyfriend at Tilbury Town station.[2][3][4]

The station and its environs in the Victorian era are also mentioned briefly in Robert Roberts' 1895 book Diary of a Voyage to Australia, New Zealand, and Other Lands, written a mere 10 years after the station opened.

References
  1. Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley page 87
  2. Higgins, Charlotte (14 May 2009). "How row set in train life-changing offer for Fish Tank star". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  3. Hoyle, Ben (14 May 2009). "Station row led Katie Jarvis to stardom in British film Fish Tank". The Times. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  4. Ebert, Roger (3 February 2010). "Fish Tank". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 8 February 2010.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Grays   c2c
London, Tilbury and Southend Line
Tilbury Loop		   East Tilbury
  Ferry services  
Terminus   Gravesend - Tilbury Ferry   Gravesend
via bus
Disused railways
Grays   Network SouthEast
London, Tilbury and Southend Railway		   Tilbury Riverside
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