South Woodham Ferrers railway station

South Woodham Ferrers
Location
Place	South Woodham Ferrers
Local authority	Chelmsford
Grid reference	TQ804977
Operations
Station code	SOF
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	C2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.613 million
2005/06	0.576 million
2006/07	0.602 million
2007/08	0.601 million
2008/09	0.607 million
2009/10	0.540 million
2010/11	0.559 million
2011/12	0.538 million
2012/13	0.554 million
2013/14	0.584 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1 July 1889
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at South Woodham Ferrers from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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South Woodham Ferrers railway station is on the Crouch Valley Line in the East of England, serving the town of South Woodham Ferrers, Essex. It is 34 miles (55 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Battlesbridge and North Fambridge. Its three-letter station code is SOF.

Today the station is managed by Abellio Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it. The typical off-peak service is of one westbound train every 40 minutes to Wickford and one eastbound train every 40 minutes to Southminster, with additional services at peak times. Some peak services continue to or from Shenfield and/or London Liverpool Street via the Great Eastern Main Line.

South Woodham Ferrers was also once a junction for a former branch line to Maldon West, which closed in 1953.^[1] When the station was opened in 1889 by the Great Eastern Railway it was intended to serve the nearby village of Woodham Ferrers, despite being located a few miles to the south. However, with subsequent development of the surrounding area into the new, and much larger, town of South Woodham Ferrers, the station now serves both. The station's name was changed from Woodham Ferrers to South Woodham Ferrers in May 2007.

References

1. Daniels, Gerald David; Dench, Leslie Alan (May 1973) [1964]. Passengers No More (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 73. ISBN 0-7110-0438-2. OCLC 2554248. 1513 CEC 573.

External links

• Train times and station information for South Woodham Ferrers railway station from National Rail
• Website of The Friends of South Woodham Ferrers Station
• History of the Crouch Valley Line
• Local information about Crouch Valley Line

Coordinates: 51°39′00″N 0°36′25″E / 51.650°N 0.607°E