*Christmas Countdown Special Day 17* - Trains at Grays, LTSML, 08/12/25

Grays railway station is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line serving the town of Grays, Essex. It is 19 miles 70 chains (32.0 km) down the line from London Fenchurch Street via Rainham and is located at the junction where a branch line from Upminster via Ockendon re-joins the route from Rainham. Its three-letter station code is GRY.

It was opened in 1854. The station and all trains serving it are currently operated by c2c. Although outside the London fare zones, the station became part of the Oyster card pay-as-you-go network in 2010.

In 2005 the station environment was refurbished, in particular the subway linking the platforms, and the surrounding highway infrastructure. In January 2006 the footbridge linking Grays High Street at either side of the railway was declared unsafe and closed due to structural problems with the supports and bracing, which had to be temporarily supported with scaffolding underneath the stair flights. A hoarding was subsequently erected on this scaffolding. The footbridge reopened in May 2006. Works to replace the stair flights have been completed. Although located at the end of the platforms, there is no station access at this point.

During 2008 and 2009 the four-carriage bay platform was extended to hold eight-coach trains. From 2011 to 2012 the through platforms were extended to receive 12-coach trains.

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We’ll be seeing services by c2c and some freight as well.

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It’s been quite a long time since I last did any train spotting at Grays but it’s always a lovely station to come and revisit though plus I managed to see a fair amount of freight through the station as well which is always nice to see and some newly repainted c2c 357’s that are now in the new c2c livery now.

My next station will be Pitsea which is situated on the London, tilbury and Southend mainline it’s been quite a long time since I ever did any train spotting there but I’m sure it’ll be a great station to come and revisit so until then thanks for watching and I’ll see you in the next video.