Grays railway station

Grays railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line serving the town of Grays, Essex. It is 19 miles 70 chains (32.0 km) down the line from London Fenchurch Street via Rainham and is located at the junction where a branch line from Upminster via Ockendon re-joins the route from Rainham. Its three-letter station code is GRY.

It was opened in 1854. The station and all trains serving it are currently operated by c2c. Although outside the London fare zones, the station became part of the Oyster card pay-as-you-go network in 2010.

History

It was opened in 1854 on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. Until the early 1900s the station was known as Grays Thurrock.

In 2005 the station environment was refurbished, in particular the subway linking the platforms, and the surrounding highway infrastructure. In January 2006 the footbridge linking Grays High Street at either side of the railway was declared unsafe and closed due to structural problems with the supports and bracing, which had to be temporarily supported with scaffolding underneath the stair flights. A hoarding was subsequently erected on this scaffolding. The footbridge reopened in May 2006. Works to replace the stair flights have been completed. Although located at the end of the platforms, there is no station access at this point.

During 2008 and 2009 the four-carriage bay platform was extended to hold eight-coach trains. From 2011 to 2012 the through platforms were extended to receive 12-coach trains.

Services

As of the June 2024 timetable the typical Monday to Friday off-peak service is:

• 2 tph (trains per hour) westbound to London Fenchurch Street via Ockendon
• 2 tph westbound to London Fenchurch Street via Rainham
• 2 tph eastbound to Southend Central

Connections

Ensignbus routes 22, 33, 44, 66, 73, 73A, 77, 77A, 83, 88 and Z1, First Essex routes 100 and 200, and NIBS Buses route 269 serve the station.

References

External links

• Train times and station information for Grays railway station from National Rail