Harlow Mill railway station

Harlow Mill
Harlow Mill railway station in 2009
Location
Place	Old Harlow
Local authority	Harlow
Operations
Station code	HWM
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Owned by	Network Rail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.116 million
2005/06 *	0.105 million
2006/07 *	0.124 million
2007/08 *	0.147 million
2008/09 *	0.159 million
2009/10 *	0.161 million
History
Opened 1842 (1842)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Harlow Mill from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Harlow Mill railway station serves the town of Harlow in Essex, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Greater Anglia.

History

The station was opened in 1842 as Harlow railway station on the Northern and Eastern Railway's line between London and Bishop's Stortford. It served the village of the same name, located on the London to Cambridge toll road. In the late 1940s, as the new town of Harlow was being built, the original village of Harlow was named Old Harlow and incorporated as a district in the new town. The station was renamed Harlow Mill on July 13, 1960 after the mill on the River Stort, just north of the station.

Incidents

The station was the scene of an accident which caused the deaths of two people on April 15, 2008. The driver of an approaching train spotted a man and a woman on the tracks at the station, sounded his horn and applied the emergency brake but was unable to avoid striking the pair. Police confirmed that they died at the scene. The train was not due to stop at the station and was travelling at 80 mph.[1]

Services

All services at the station are operated by Greater Anglia. Though train services stopping here are not as frequent as Harlow Town, there are direct trains most of the day to London Liverpool Street and Bishops Stortford, as well as weekday services to Stansted Airport and Stratford.

External links

• Train times and station information for Harlow Mill railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Harlow Town		Greater Anglia West Anglia Main Line		Sawbridgeworth