Shenfield railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Shenfield

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manager = National Express East Anglia
locale = Shenfield
borough = Brentwood, Essex
code = SNF
usage0405 = 2.861
usage0506 = 2.908
usage0607 = 2.966
platforms = 5
start = 1843

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) from 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 Liverpool Street and is also the eastern terminus of the "Shenfield Metro". It is proposed that Crossrail services will terminate here.

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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The Monday-Saturday off-peak service from Shenfield is:

*12 trains per hour to London Liverpool Street, of which:
**4 call at Stratford (to set down) only
**2 call at Romford and Stratford (to set down)
**6 call at all stations (Brentwood, Harold Wood, Gidea Park, Romford, Chadwell Heath, Goodmayes, Seven Kings, Ilford, Manor Park, Forest Gate, Maryland and Stratford)

*3 tph set-down only to London Liverpool Street

*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

*1 tph to Braintree, calling at Ingatestone, Chelmsford, Hatfield Peverel, Witham, White Notley, Cressing and Braintree Freeport

*1 tph to Clacton, calling at Chelmsford, Witham, Colchester (North), Wivenhoe and Thorpe-le-Soken

*1 tph to Harwich Town, calling at Chelmsford, Witham, Kelvedon, Marks Tey, Colchester (North), Manningtree, Mistley, Wrabness, Harwich International and Dovercourt

*1 tph to Norwich, calling at Colchester (North), Manningtree, Ipswich and Diss

*1 train every two hours (tp2h) to Lowestoft, calling at Chelmsford, Witham, Marks Tey, Colchester (North), Ipswich, Westerfield, Woodbridge, Melton, Wickham Market, Saxmundham, Darsham, Halesworth, Brampton (Suffolk), Beccles and Oulton Broad South

*1 tp2h to Peterborough, calling at Chelmsford, Witham, Marks Tey, Colchester (North), Ipswich, Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds, Ely, March and Whittlesea

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, calling at all stations except Prittlewell (which is closed on Sundays)

*1 tph to Clacton, 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 (North) and Manningtree

*1 tph to Norwich, calling at Colchester (North), Manningtree, Ipswich, Stowmarket and Diss

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External links

[http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/xls/station_usage_2005-06.xls Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06] MetaSidebar|23%|#eeffff|right|Shenfield Metro
London Liverpool Street

Stratford

Maryland

Forest Gate

Manor Park

Ilford

Seven Kings

Goodmayes

Chadwell Heath

Romford

Gidea Park

Harold Wood

Brentwood

Shenfield