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Southend Central is on the London, Tilbury and Southend Line. The station was opened in 1856 as the original eastern terminus of the line, which was later extended to Shoeburyness.
Pontypool and New Inn was also opened by the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway, also with a slightly different station name eventually being adopted in more modern times.
Brentwood station was opened on 1st July 1840 as a temporary terminus by the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) on what was to become the Great Eastern Main Line. This was the position until 1843, when the line was extended towards Colchester.
Until the opening of Parson Street in 1927, Bedminster had served as the first station for trains heading for the Portishead Branch Line, which served the town of Portishead, the villages of Pill and Portbury, and the south side of the River Avon.
Since May 2007, the station has been served by a single weekly parliamentary train in one direction only. Currently this is the 13:18 train from Whitlocks End to Great Malvern which calls at Bordesley at 13:36 on Saturdays only.
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