Crouch Valley Line

This branch line from Wickford to Southminster in Essex is usually called the Southminster Branch by its usersalthough that is no longer its official name. The 16.5 mile (26.6 km) route was first opened by the Great Eastern Railway to goods traffic on 1 June 1889 and to passengers on 1 July 1889. It was was reduced to single track in the 1960s and electrified at 25 kV AC overhead in 1986. There is one train per hour in each direction at weekends and every 40 minutes on weekdays with additional trains during the rush-hour. The line was used to take waste and fuel rods from Bradwell's decommissioned nuclear power station to the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing facility in Cumbria; this service has now ceased. -Adapted from Wikipedia.

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1) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2760568
2) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1982921
3) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/220990
4) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4038394
5) www.geograph.org.uk/photo/130335