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Pitsea station is located in Pitsea, Basildon, Essex.
The station was opened in 1855 by the London Tilbury and Southend Railway The original station was replaced by another on an adjacent site on 1 June 1888. It is 26 miles on the main line from Fenchurch Street. The station was renamed Pitsea for Vange on 18 July 1932, but reverted to the original name Pitsea in 1952.
The station and all services are operated by c2c.
The station is located at the two branches of the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Line.

The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway is a railway line linking Fenchurch Street railway station in London with northeast London and the entire length of the northern Thames Gateway area of southern Essex to Shoeburyness. The line has two branches the direct line via Basildon and the longer slower line via Grays and Tilbury. The two lines divide at Barking and Pitsea. The line was opened in 1854.