Wickford railway station is in the town of Wickford in the Basildon district of the county of Essex in the East of England. The station is currently served and managed by Greater Anglia with services to and from London Liverpool Street station, Southend Victoria and Southminster.
The station was previously called Wickford Junction, when the route to Southminster also included a line to Maldon and more agricultural traffic passed through the station.
Wickford acts as the Western terminus of the Crouch Valley Line which runs to Southminster railway station
Read more about Wickford Railway Station: The Station, Services
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