Wickford railway station

Wickford railway station is on the Shenfield to Southend Line and is also the western terminus of the Crouch Valley Line in the east of England, serving the town of Wickford in the Basildon district of Essex. It is 29mi down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between to the west and, to the east, on the Southend Line and on the Crouch Valley Line. Its three-letter station code is WIC.The vast majority of services on both lines connect to the Great Eastern Main Line at for Liverpool Street. Wickford station and all trains serving it are currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia.The station was previously called Wickford Junction when the Crouch Valley route to also included a branch to and more agricultural traffic passed through the station.DescriptionWickford station comprises two main line platforms, and two branch line bay platforms at the eastern end of the station. At the London end of the station there once was a goods yard and turntable for steam locomotives; a couple of sidings remain here for storing engineering vehicles or failed trains, but much of the railway land here is now in use as a car park for passengers.