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The Southend Pier Railway is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway in the English city of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It runs for 1.25 miles (2.0 km) along the 1.34-mile (2.16 km) length of Southend Pier , providing public passenger transport from the shore to the pier head.
The pier railway runs the length of Southend Pier, providing public passenger transport from the shore to the pierhead. It operates every day on which the pier is open, providing a quarter or half-hourly service. [70] The original wooden pier built in 1830 employed a horse tramway from 1846, [71] to convey goods and visitors to the pierhead. [72]
Southend Pier 40 seat open Falcon Works, Loughborough: 1898 (Into VER service 1953) Two 60 volt milk-float motors. No longer on the railway [12] Purchased from Southend Pier Railway around 1948. Operated on VER until the 1990s when it was decided to retire the aged Southend cars. Static display at South Downs Heritage Centre, Hassocks. [12] 10
The city's other main station is called Southend Victoria which is the terminus of a branch line off the Great Eastern Main Line. Southend Central is 35 miles 55 chains (57.43 km) down the line from London Fenchurch Street via Basildon and it is situated between Westcliff and Southend East stations. Its three-letter station code is SOC.
He also led the public campaign to create Southend Pier. [3] He died in the office of Chamberlain of the City of London , a position he had held since only the previous year. He had a son, William Unwin Heygate , born 1825.
A narrow gauge horse tramway was constructed along the pier in 1851, and the arrival of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway in 1854 led to the development of Southend as a holiday resort for Londoners and a dormitory town for people who worked in London.
Railway stations located in the city of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom. Pages in category "Railway stations in Southend-on-Sea" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Southend Pier Railway (1930–1978) Shore. Station (workshop) Signal Box 2. Signal Box 1. Pier Head. Station. This is a route-map template for the Southend Pier ...