Shenfield railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Shenfield |
| Local authority | Brentwood, Essex |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SNF |
| Managed by | National Express East Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 5 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 2.861 million |
| 2005/06 * | 2.908 million |
| 2006/07 * | 2.966 million |
| 2007/08 * | 3.025 million |
| 2008/09 * | 3.008 million |
| History | |
| Opened 1843 | |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Shenfield from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Shenfield is a major station located in Shenfield in the borough of Brentwood in Essex, England. It lies on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) and links Liverpool Street station in the City of London to places in the East of England. It was first opened by the Eastern Counties Railway on 29 March 1843 on the extension from Brentwood to Colchester. As it was in a rural area, patronage was low, so it was closed in 1850, but it reopened as Shenfield & Hutton Junction on 1 January 1887 under the Great Eastern Railway to serve as an interchange with the new railway line to Southend-on-Sea completed two years later. There were three platforms, two up (London-bound) and one down (Country-bound). Under the London and North Eastern Railway, two extra tracks for terminating local (suburban) trains opened in 1934, giving the current five platforms.
The station is served by fast trains on the main line to London Liverpool Street and is also the eastern terminus of the Shenfield Metro service. It is planned that Crossrail will terminate here in 2018.[1]
The station is 20 miles (32 km) down line from Liverpool Street. Immediately west of the station is Brentwood bank, which descends steeply in the up (London) direction. This bank presented a significant climb to steam trains. There are extensive sidings on the London side of the station just before the start of the descent down the bank.
To the east of the station, the lines for Southend diverge with the down line passing under the main lines to Colchester. West of Shenfield there are four tracks, but to the east these split, two towards Colchester and two towards Southend.
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[edit] Crossrail
The 10-car Crossrail trains will run over the pair of 'electric lines', rather than the main lines, replacing the existing 8-car metro trains and allowing Crossrail to serve all stations between Shenfield and Stratford.[2] The frequency of service will increase from around 7 trains per hour to 12, necessitating the construction of a new 210 m long platform at Shenfield,[2][3] Platform 6, which will be built to the north of platform 5, replacing one of the existing three western sidings.[4] The two remaining western sidings and three new eastern sidings will also be used by Crossrail.[4] It is estimated that Crossrail will cut morning peak journey times by up to 7 minutes, although there will be no reduction to some journey times.[4]
[edit] Train Services
The following services currently call at Shenfield:
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[edit] Gallery
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Shenfield railway station from car park road
[edit] Service
The Monday-Saturday off-peak service from Shenfield is:
- 13 trains per hour to London Liverpool Street, of which:
- 3 tph to Southend Victoria, calling at Billericay, Wickford, Rayleigh, Hockley, Rochford and Prittlewell.
- 1 tph to Southminster, calling at Billericay, Wickford, Battlesbridge, South Woodham Ferrers, North Fambridge, Althorne and Burnham-on-Crouch. Operated by a British Rail Class 321, although sometimes replaced by a British Rail Class 360 or British Rail Class 315 EMU
- 1 tph to Braintree, calling at Ingatestone, Chelmsford, Hatfield Peverel, Witham, White Notley, Cressing and Braintree Freeport. Normally operated by a British Rail Class 321, although sometimes replaced by a British Rail Class 360 or British Rail Class 315
- 1 tph to Clacton, calling at Chelmsford, Witham, Colchester (North), Wivenhoe and Thorpe-le-Soken. Normally operated by a British Rail Class 360, although sometimes replaced by a British Rail Class 321 or British Rail Class 315
- 1 tph to Colchester Town, calling at Chelmsford, Witham, Kelvedon, Marks Tey and Colchester. Normally operated by a Class 360, Class 321, or occasionally a Class 315.
- 1 train every two hours to Ipswich, calling at Chelmsford, Hatfield Peverel, Witham, Kelvedon, Marks Tey, Colchester (North) and Manningtree Operated by a Class 360 or a Class 321, though occasionally replaced by a Class 315.
On Sundays this is reduced to:
- 6 tph to London, of which:
- 2 call at Stratford (to set down) only
- 2 call at Brentwood, Harold Wood, Gidea Park, Romford and Stratford (to set down) only
- 2 call at all stations as per the third layout above
- 2 tph to Southend Victoria, calling at all stations except Prittlewell (which is closed on Sundays)
- 1 tph to Clacton-on-Sea, calling at Chelmsford, Witham, Marks Tey, Colchester (North), Wivenhoe, Alresford (Essex), Great Bentley and Thorpe-le-Soken
- 1 tph to Ipswich, calling at Ingatestone, Chelmsford, Hatfield Peverel, Witham, Kelvedon, Marks Tey, Colchester and Manningtree
[edit] References
- ^ "Capital's key services protected, says Johnson". The Press Association. 20 October 2010. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gKH5fiQT63-FLo6vMfXKorAteqrA?docId=B308521287593766A00. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ a b CROSSRAIL INFORMATION PAPER A7 – SELECTION OF THE NORTH EASTERN TERMINUS
- ^ Environmental Baseline and Assessment of Impacts – North East Route Section
- ^ a b c Chapter 18 - Route Window NE17 - Shenfield station
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Shenfield railway station from National Rail
- Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06
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Coordinates: 51°37′50.69″N 0°19′47″E / 51.6307472°N 0.32972°E
