Tilbury Riverside railway station

Tilbury Riverside
Location
Place	Tilbury
Area	Borough of Thurrock
Coordinates	51°27′07″N 0°21′53″E / 51.4519°N 0.3646°E / 51.4519; 0.3646Coordinates: 51°27′07″N 0°21′53″E / 51.4519°N 0.3646°E / 51.4519; 0.3646
Grid reference	TQ643752
Operations
Original company	London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
Pre-grouping	Midland Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway Eastern Region of British Railways Network SouthEast
Platforms	5
History
13 April 1854	Opened as Tilbury
3 August 1934	Renamed Tilbury Riverside
30 November 1992	Closed
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Tilbury Riverside railway station is a closed railway station located in the town of Tilbury in the borough and unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex, England, south of a triangular junction on the railway between Tilbury Town and East Tilbury.

A 1946 Ordnance Survey map showing the station, Tilbury Town and the triangular junction

It was opened on 13 April 1854 as part of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway,^[1] providing an interchange with Tilbury Docks to take advantage of the increasing steamboat traffic in this area of the river Thames. The station was opened as Tilbury, and it became Tilbury Riverside on 3 August 1934.^[1] It used to provide an interchange with the Gravesend - Tilbury Ferry.

Tilbury engine shed was sited in the triangular junction to the north of Tilbury Riverside station.

Most trains from Fenchurch Street via Tilbury Town would reverse at this station and continue to Westcliff and Benfleet, with a few to or from Fenchurch Street starting or ending here, and there were also a few services operating short to or from Upminster. However, in 1986, London trains ceased calling here and the services were shortened to operate only from Upminster to Tilbury Riverside, East Tilbury and Stanford-le-Hope.

On 30 November 1992, the station was closed.^[1] For many years prior to closure, the station was served only by certain trains on the local service from Upminster via Grays, because the nearby Dartford Crossing and increased car ownership had caused a decline in its importance as a passenger ferry terminal.

The large and empty circulating area in Tilbury Riverside station 5 June 1986

The station building can now be reached by a shuttle bus service from Tilbury Town railway station.

The station building is now an indoor car park for Tilbury passenger terminal.

References

External links

• Detailed description of Tilbury Riverside at Disused Stations web site

London, Tilbury and Southend Railway
Stations	Forest Gate Junction to Southend Barking Benfleet Dagenham Dock Grays Thurrock Horndon Leigh Low Street Pitsea Purfleet Rainham Southend Tilbury Dock Tilbury Fort Westcliff-on-Sea Bow to Barking extension Bromley East Ham Plaistow Upton Park West Ham Barking to Pitsea extension Dagenham East Horndon Gale Street Halt Hornchurch Laindon Upminster Shoeburyness extension Shoeburyness Southend East Thorpe Bay Romford to Grays branch Emerson Park Ockendon Romford
Locomotives	1 Class 37 Class 49 Class 51 Class 69 Class 79 Class MR 2100 Class LMS 4P 2-6-4T
Relationships	Corringham Light Railway District Railway Eastern Counties Railway Great Eastern Railway London and Blackwall Railway Midland Railway North London Railway Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway
Absorbed by the Midland Railway in 1912 ►