Railway trains operating on Southend Pier will be out of action for nearly a month so essential maintenance work can be carried out, the local council has said. The carriages take tourists up and down ...

Southend Pier train reopens ahead of schedule after closure for essential works. The train, which runs the length of the longest pleasure pier in the world, was closed after Southend-on-Sea City ...

Southend Pier's £3.5million electric trains are still out of action a year after one of them crashed into the buffers. An investigation into how one of the two "state-of-the-art" eco-friendly vehicles ...

Southend-on-Sea is a vibrant waterfront destination on the Essex coast boasting a world-famous pier that was recently voted the best in Britain in a study carried out by the Telegraph. Its easy access ...

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