Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This film shows and rides the new 2021 battery-electric trains on the iconic Southend Pier Railway.
There are also still image slide shows showing the 1949 third rail electric and 1986 diesel-hydraulic trains, plus some views of the pier and the shore from the pier.
At 1.33 miles from shore to pier head the Southend-On-Sea pier is the longest pleasure pier in our world. It needs to be this long to ensure that ships can dock at the pier head even when the tide is out.
Southend-On-Sea is an east coast / Thames estuary city in the English county of Essex. It is served by two rival rail services from London's Liverpool Street station (Greater Anglia) and Fenchurch Street station (C2C). Between 1910 and the start of WW2 in 1939 it was also served by the 'Southend Corridor Express' trains which linked Ealing Broadway in west London with Southend via the London Underground District line.
Music: "Glitter Blast" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
This film shows and rides the new 2021 battery-electric trains on the iconic Southend Pier Railway.
There are also still image slide shows showing the 1949 third rail electric and 1986 diesel-hydraulic trains, plus some views of the pier and the shore from the pier.
At 1.33 miles from shore to pier head the Southend-On-Sea pier is the longest pleasure pier in our world. It needs to be this long to ensure that ships can dock at the pier head even when the tide is out.
Southend-On-Sea is an east coast / Thames estuary city in the English county of Essex. It is served by two rival rail services from London's Liverpool Street station (Greater Anglia) and Fenchurch Street station (C2C). Between 1910 and the start of WW2 in 1939 it was also served by the 'Southend Corridor Express' trains which linked Ealing Broadway in west London with Southend via the London Underground District line.
Music: "Glitter Blast" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
