Thorpe Bay
The delightful exterior of Thorpe Bay station, Essex, first and last stop from and to Shoeburyness on the C2C line from London Fenchurch Street, on the afternoon of Bank Holiday Monday, 2nd May 2022. The LTSR had been extended from Tilbury to Leigh-on-Sea in 1855 and further extended to Southend in 1856 but the extension from the latter to Shoeburyness was not opened until 1st February 1884. However, it was 1st July 1910 before this station was added to the extension, known for its first 17 days as Southchurch-On-Sea before being quickly renamed, to serve new upmarket residential housing to the east of Southend and which today is an affluent part of the Southend conurbation, which recently was granted City status.
Location: Thorpe Bay
Original line: Barking, Upminster and Pitsea Line (London, Tilbury and Southend Railway)
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: English stations, National and Heritage Lines (excluding London) 1979-2023
Date: 02/05/2022
Image number: 80932
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