title: Tilbury Town railway station
text: Tilbury Town railway station is on a loop line of the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the town of Tilbury, Essex. It is  down the line from London Fenchurch Street via  and it is situated between  and . Its three-letter station code is TIL.
  
  The station was opened on 15 June 1885 with the name Tilbury Dock by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway. It was renamed Tilbury Town on 3 August 1934. It is on a link known as the Tilbury Loop, which joins the main line at the London end at  and at the country end at . A bus link is provided for the Gravesend ferry, replacing the rail link to  which was closed in 1992.
  
  Today, the station and all trains serving it are operated by c2c.
  
  Services 
  
  The typical off-peak service consists of:
  2 trains per hour (tph) to London Fenchurch Street via ;
  2 tph to Southend Central.
  
  In popular culture 
  The station plays two roles in the 2009 film Fish Tank – it appears in the film, and the star, Katie Jarvis, was recruited after a scout saw her arguing with her boyfriend at Tilbury Town station.
  
  The station and its environs in the Victorian era are also mentioned briefly in Robert Roberts' 1895 book Diary of a Voyage to Australia, New Zealand, and Other Lands, written a mere 10 years after the station opened. 
  
  The station appears in the 2016 film, Grimsby where it was temporarily rebranded from "Tilbury Town" to "Grimsby Town" to match the setting where the main characters grew up.
  
  References
  
  External links 
  
  Transport in Thurrock
  Railway stations in Essex
  DfT Category D stations
  Former London, Tilbury and Southend Railway stations
  Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1885
  Railway stations served by c2c
  Railway stations serving harbours and ports in the United Kingdom
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