Pitsea railway station is on the

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, serving the small town of

Pitsea Pitsea is a small town and former civil parish, now in the unparished area of Basildon, in south Essex, England. It comprises five sub-districts: Eversley, Northlands Park Neighbourhood (previously known as Felmores), Chalvedon, Pitsea Mount and B ...

in the

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, Essex. It is situated at a junction where a loop via re-joins the main line via . Down the main line it is from London Fenchurch Street; via the loop it is from Fenchurch Street. Its three-letter station code is PSE. It was originally opened in 1855 by the

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but was replaced by a new station on an adjacent site in 1888 when the line from Barking to Upminster fully opened. The station was renamed Pitsea for Vange in 1932, but reverted to the original name Pitsea in 1952. The station and all trains serving it are currently operated by

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Description

The station is immediately south of the

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, adjacent to a

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which gives the main road access to the marshes area south of Pitsea and Basildon. A new station building was opened in October 2005. Derek Twigg (then rail minister) attended for the "ribbon cutting" in November 2005. The building houses customer toilets and a retail unit. The station also has four automatic ticket gates. The ticket office has two serving positions and uses the

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issuing system. Outside the ticket office is a self-service ticket machine that takes payment by both cash and cards.

Services

The typical Monday-Friday off-peak and Saturday service pattern is: * 2 trains per hour (tph) to London Fenchurch Street via

Basildon Basildon ( ) is the largest town in the borough of Basildon, within the county of Essex, England. It has a population of 107,123. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1159. It lies east of Central London, south of the city of Chelmsford and ...

; * 2 tph to London Fenchurch Street via Ockendon; * 2 tph to

Shoeburyness Shoeburyness (; also called Shoebury) is a suburb of the city of Southend-on-Sea, in the City of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. east of the city centre. It was an urban district of Essex from 1894 to 1933, when it ...

; * 2 tph to Southend Central. Additional services to/from London start/terminate here during peak times.

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{{Railway stations served by c2c Railway stations in Essex DfT Category C2 stations Transport in the Borough of Basildon Former London, Tilbury and Southend Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1855 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1888 Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1888 Railway stations served by c2c