Prittlewell railway station is on the

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in the

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, serving the residential district of

Prittlewell Prittlewell is an inner city area of Southend-on-Sea in the City of Southend-on-Sea, in the ceremonial county of Essex, England. Historically, Prittlewell is the original settlement of the city, Southend being the ''south end'' of Prittlewell. ...

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, Essex. It is down the line from

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and is situated between and stations. The

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for the line is SSV; the station's three-letter station code is PRL. The platforms have an operational length for 12-coach trains.

History

The line from Wickford to Southend including Prittlewell station was opened on 1 October 1889. There was a goods yard handling mainly domestic coal to the north-west of Prittlewell station; the yard closed on 5 June 1967. Electrification of the Shenfield to Southend Victoria line using 1.5 kV DC overhead line electrification (OLE) was completed on 31 December 1956. This was changed to 6.25 kV AC in November 1960 and to 25 kV AC on 25 January 1979. Prittlewell itself was the original settlement here, until Southend expanded and engulfed it.

Services

The station is close to

Prittlewell Priory Prittlewell Priory is a medieval priory in the Prittlewell area of Southend, Essex, England. It was founded in the 12th century, by monks from the Cluniac Priory of St Pancras in Lewes, East Sussex, and passed into private hands at the time ...

and to

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's football stadium,

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. It is currently managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it. Prittlewell is the preceding station to , the eastern terminus of the line; the typical off-peak service to Southend Victoria is three trains per hour. In the London-bound direction, trains call at all stations along the line to its western terminus of , where they join the

Great Eastern Main Line The Great Eastern Main Line (GEML, sometimes referred to as the East Anglia Main Line) is a major railway line on the British railway system which connects Liverpool Street station in central London with destinations in east London and the ...

to run non-stop to and Liverpool Street. The typical off-peak service towards London is also three trains per hour (one of which calls additionally at ). The station is now open on a Sunday after the timetable change in December 2019.

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{{Railway stations served by Abellio Greater Anglia Railway stations in Essex DfT Category E stations Railway stations in Southend-on-Sea Former Great Eastern Railway stations Greater Anglia franchise railway stations William Neville Ashbee railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1892 Buildings and structures in Southend-on-Sea