Romford railway station

Romford station is located in Romford, London Borough of Havering, East London. It is situated between Chadwell Heath and Gidea Park. It is the western terminus of the Upminster branch line from Upminster, with Emerson Park the next station along.

The current station is made up of two once-separate stations on opposite sides of South Street. The oldest part of the station (current platforms 2–5) was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway on 20 June 1839. The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway station (current platform 1) was opened on 7 June 1893 and originally had two platforms. The two stations are now joined by a footbridge and the LTSR entrance converted for use as a bar.

ervice

All train services are currently operated by National Express East Anglia. It is in Travelcard Zone 6. It is proposed that Crossrail line 1 will call at Romford. The station is 12 miles (19.3 km) down line from Liverpool Street.

Typical off-peak service from the station is:

*8 tph (trains per hour) to Liverpool Street
**2 calling at Stratford only
**6 calling at all stations
*6 tph to Shenfield calling at all stations
*2 tph to Upminster via the Upminster branch line
*1 tph to Southend Victoria fast to Shenfield
*1 tph to Clacton-on-Sea fast to Shenfield

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] Geolinks-UK-buildingscale|51.5749|0.1827
* [http://www.romford.org/pubs-clubs/trax/trax.htm?size=600 Old LTSR entrance after conversion]

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