Prittlewell railway station is on the Shenfield to Southend Line in the East of England, serving the residential district of Prittlewell in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It is down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and stations. The station is managed by Greater Anglia, who operate all services.

History The line from Wickford to Southend (including Prittlewell station) was opened on 1 October 1889. There was a goods yard handling mainly domestic coal to the north-west of Prittlewell station; the yard closed on 5 June 1967. Electrification of the Shenfield to Southend Victoria line using 1.5 kV DC overhead line electrification (OLE) was completed on 31 December 1956. This was changed to 6.25 kV AC in November 1960 and to 25 kV AC on 25 January 1979.

Between November 2025 and June 2026, the footbridge was temporarily removed to be refurbished.

Location The station is close to Prittlewell Priory, Priory Park and to Southend United's football stadium, Roots Hall.

It is located on the outskirts of the town centre itself.

Facilities The station has a car park, cycle spaces, a waiting room, a ticket office and a ticket machine, and live departure screens.

Passenger volume +Passenger volume at Prittlewell2004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–242024–25Entries and exits109,42495,272118,925113,265111,498108,752110,794125,050160,930163,802424,804195,870209,708188,044220,626227,20497,456228,116281,278328,594362,280 The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

The typical off-peak service in each direction is three trains per hour. In the London-bound direction, trains call at all stations along the line to its western terminus of , where they join the Great Eastern Main Line to run to and Liverpool Street (one of which calls additionally at ).eNRT May 2026 Edition, Table 005 (Network Rail)

Community rail The station, as with all stations on the line, is part of the Essex & South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership.

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