Shenfield to Southend Line

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Shenfield-Southend Victoria Line

Principal stations (Great Eastern Main Line) Shenfield Billericay Wickford for Crouch Valley Line) Rayleigh Hockley Rochford Prittlewell (closed on Sundays) Southend Victoria

The Shenfield to Southend (Victoria) Line is a railway line from Southend-on-Sea to Shenfield in Essex. Almost all trains continue through to London Liverpool Street along the Great Eastern Main Line. It forms Network Rail route EA 1050.

Places served by the line are:

• Shenfield
• Billericay
• Wickford
  • connection with services to Southminster
• Rayleigh
• Hockley
• Rochford
• Prittlewell
• Southend-on-Sea

The line diverges from the Great Eastern Main Line at Shenfield. It is double track throughout, and is electrified at 25 kV AC, using overhead wires.

Passenger services are currently operated by 'one'. They replaced the previous operator, First Great Eastern, on 1 April 2004, when all the operators in East Anglia were merged into one new franchise. Services are formed using Class 315 or Class 321 electrical multiple units.

edit Railway lines in the East of England:
Main lines:	East Coast Main Line   Great Eastern Main Line Cambridge-King's Lynn "Fen" Line   Cambridge-Norwich "Breckland" Line   Colchester-Clacton "Sunshine Coast" Line Ely-Peterborough Line   Ipswich-Ely Line   London-Cambridge Line   London, Tilbury & Southend Line Manningtree-Harwich "Mayflower" Line   Thameslink   West Anglia Main Line
Commuter lines:	Hertford Loop Line   Lea Valley Lines   Northern City Line   Romford-Upminster Line    Shenfield-Southend Victoria Line   Witham-Braintree Line
Rural lines:	Cambridge-Ipswich Line    Crouch Valley Line   East Suffolk Line   Grantham-Skegness Line Ipswich-Felixstowe Line   Marks Tey-Sudbury "Gainsborough" Line   Norwich-Sheringham "Bittern" Line Peterborough-Lincoln Line   Thorpe le Soken-Walton "Sunshine Coast" Line   Wherry Lines