Westcliff railway station
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Westcliff railway station is on the main London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway is an English railway line linking Fenchurch Street railway station in the City of London with northeast London and the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway area of southern Essex. It is currently known as the Essex Thameside Route by Network Rail...

 line between London Fenchurch Street
Fenchurch Street railway station
Fenchurch Street railway station, also known as London Fenchurch Street, is a central London railway terminus in the south eastern corner of the City of London, England. The station is one of the smallest terminals in London in terms of platforms and one of the most intensively operated...

 and Shoeburyness railway station
Shoeburyness railway station
Shoeburyness is a railway station located in the small town of Shoeburyness in the borough and unitary district of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. The station serves as the eastern terminus of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway from Fenchurch Street railway station in the City of London,...

. It is located on Station Road, Westcliff-on-Sea
Westcliff-on-Sea
Westcliff-on-Sea is a suburb of Southend-on-Sea, a seaside resort in the East of England and unitary authority in Essex. It is situated on the northern bank of the Thames Estuary and about 34 miles east of London.-Geography:...

, Essex
Essex
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, England
England
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, SS0 7SB, and was opened in 1895. It is open Monday to Friday 05:45 to 22:00 and has a cycle rack for 15 bicycle
Bicycle
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s, a taxicab stand, and a car
Čar
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 park with 50 parking spaces
Parking lot
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 and 3 disabled spaces. It was extensively improved between 2004 to 2006 in a £
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500,000 refurbishment by a partnership between c2c and Southend Borough Council in order to attract more people to travel by rail.

Ticket Office

The main ticket office is located on the London bound side of the station, leading to Platform 1. It has two serving positions and uses the TRIBUTE
Tribute (ticket)
Tribute is one of the new generation of ticket issuing systems introduced to ticket offices by British Rail during the mid-1990s, prior to the privatisation of the network...

 ticket issuing system. Outside the main ticket office is a self-service Scheidt & Bachmann ticket machine. A second, smaller ticket office has been constructed on the Shoeburyness bound Platform 2, but is not currently in use.

Services

The typical off-peak train frequency per hour is:
  • 6 to Fenchurch Street
    Fenchurch Street railway station
    Fenchurch Street railway station, also known as London Fenchurch Street, is a central London railway terminus in the south eastern corner of the City of London, England. The station is one of the smallest terminals in London in terms of platforms and one of the most intensively operated...

    , of which:
    • 2 do not stop at Pitsea, West Horndon or Limehouse
    • 2 call at all stations via Basildon
    • 2 take the longer route via Ockendon

  • 4 to Shoeburyness
    Shoeburyness railway station
    Shoeburyness is a railway station located in the small town of Shoeburyness in the borough and unitary district of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. The station serves as the eastern terminus of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway from Fenchurch Street railway station in the City of London,...

  • 2 to Southend Central
    Southend Central railway station
    Southend Central is a railway station on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. Train services are provided by the National Express Group train operating company c2c...

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