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{{Short description|Railway station in Essex, England}}

[[Image:Train arriving at Hockley railway station.jpg|thumb|Train arriving at Hockley railway station]]'''Hockley station''' is currently served by 'One' Great Eastern services and links [[Hockley]] with [[Southend]] and [[London]]. It is a very busy station during the morning and evening peak time. The station itself has a small car park that can occasionally be full on days with bad weather, and as a result people travelling on the trains after the initial morning rush may have to park elsewhere.

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{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Hockley

| symbol_location = gb

| symbol = rail

| image = Hockley Station, looking towards Southend Victoria - geograph.org.uk - 1204520.jpg

| caption = Hockley railway station in 2009

| borough = [[Hockley]], [[Rochford (district)|Rochford]]

| country = England

| grid_name = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|TQ842927|25|TQ842927}}

| manager = [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]]

| platforms = 2

| code = HOC

| classification = [[United Kingdom railway station categories|DfT category]] C2

| original = [[Great Eastern Railway]]

| pregroup = Great Eastern Railway

| postgroup = [[London and North Eastern Railway]]

| years1 = 1 October 1889

| events1 = Station opened<ref>{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |___location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 |page=121 }}</ref>

| mpassengers =

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 0.978 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.247 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.630 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.770 million}}

{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.832 million}}

| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]

}}

'''Hockley railway station''' is on the [[Shenfield to Southend Line]] in the [[East of England]], serving the village of [[Hockley]], Essex. It is {{convert|36|mi|1|chain|km|2|lk=in}} down the line from [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] and is situated between {{rws|Rayleigh}} to the west and {{rws|Rochford}} to the east. The [[Engineer's Line Reference]] for the line is SSV; the station's three-letter station code is HOC. The two platforms have an operational length for 12-coach trains.

== History ==

{{Rail start}}

The line from Wickford to Southend and Hockley station were opened on 1 October 1889.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Branch Lines to Southend and Southminster|last=Mitchell|first=Vic|publisher=Middleton Press|year=2010|isbn=978-1-906008-76-5|___location=Midhurst Sussex}}</ref> There was a signal box on the down platform, this was decommissioned in 1938 with the introduction of colour light signalling on the line between Wickford and Southend.<ref>Notice: Colour light signalling between Wickford and Southend. London and North Eastern Railway (1938). Published by Great Eastern Railways Society (2003) {{ISBN|1 85622 251 9}}</ref> There was a goods yard on the 'up' side to the west of the station, a 30 cwt crane was subsequently installed. Freight traffic ceased on 5 June 1967.<ref name=":0" /> 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 in January 1979.<ref name=":0" />

{{rail line|previous=[[Rayleigh railway station|Rayleigh]]|next=[[Rochford railway station|Rochford]]|route=[[one (railway)|'one']]<br><small>[[Shenfield to Southend Line]] line|col=516A7F}}

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== Services ==

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The station is currently managed by [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]], which also operates all trains serving it. The typical off-peak service is of three trains per hour to {{rws|Southend Victoria}} and three to Liverpool Street (services join the [[Great Eastern Main Line]] for London at {{rws|Shenfield}}).

==References==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

{{Commons category|Hockley railway station}}

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{{Coord|51.604|N|0.659|E|type:railwaystation_region:GB|display=title}}

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[[Category:Railway stations in Essex]]

[[Category:DfT Category C2 stations]]

[[Category:Transport in Rochford District]]

[[Category:Former Great Eastern Railway stations]]

[[Category:Railway stations served by Greater Anglia]]

[[Category:William Neville Ashbee railway stations]]

[[Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1889]]

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