Chelmsford railway station

Chelmsford
Location
Place	Chelmsford
Local authority	Borough of Chelmsford, Essex
Operations
Station code	CHM
Managed by	National Express East Anglia
Platforms in use	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	6.698 million
2005/06 *	6.801 million
2006/07 *	7.113 million
2007/08 *	7.448 million
History
Opened 1842 (1842)
History
1985	Rebuilt
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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 passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Chelmsford from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Chelmsford railway station is a railway station serving the town of Chelmsford in Essex. The station is located on the Great Eastern Main Line.

The station is served by National Express East Anglia.

Semi-fast services are operated by Class 321, Class 360 or occasionally Class 315 electrical multiple units. Mainline services are operated by Class 90 electric locomotives and Mark 3 coaching stock. While the Peterborough & Lowestoft services are operated by Class 170 Turbostar diesel multiple units.

Services are operated between London Liverpool Street and Ipswich, Clacton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze, Harwich, Braintree,Norwich, Peterborough or Lowestoft.

The railway at this point is elevated on a viaduct, so the platforms are above street level. It is the busiest station that is completely non-terminus outside of London in the UK.^{[citation needed]}

History

The Eastern Counties Railway arrived in 1842, but due to the geography of the town, an 18-arch viaduct had to be built across what is now the town park. The station was built on a viaduct in its current location, with a 3-storey frontage. The present station building dates from a rebuild in 1985.

This section requires expansion.

Service patterns

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service consists of:

• 5 trains per hour (tph) to London Liverpool Street, of which:
  • 1 calls only at Shenfield (to set down)
  • 1 calls only at Stratford (to set down)
  • 1 calls at Shenfield and Stratford (to set down)
  • 1 calls at Shenfield, Romford and Stratford (to set down)
  • 1 calls at Ingatestone, Shenfield and Stratford

• 1 tph to Braintree, calling at Hatfield Peverel, Witham, White Notley, Cressing and Braintree Freeport

• 1 tph to Clacton-on-Sea, calling at Witham, Colchester (North), Wivenhoe and Thorpe-le-Soken. Change at Colchester (North) for Colchester Town and all stations to Walton.

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

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

• 1 train every two hours (tp2h) to Lowestoft, calling at 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 Witham, Marks Tey, Colchester (North), Ipswich, Stowmarket, Bury St. Edmunds, Ely, March and Whittlesea

On Sundays this becomes:

• 2 tph to London Liverpool Street, of which:
  • 1 calls only at Shenfield and Stratford (to set down)
  • 1 calls at Ingatestone, Shenfield and Stratford (to set down)

• 1 tph to Clacton-on-Sea, calling at Witham, Marks Tey, Colchester (North), Wivenhoe, Alresford, Great Bentley and Thorpe-le-Soken.

• 1 tph to Ipswich, calling at Hatfield Peverel, Witham, Kelvedon, Marks Tey, Colchester (North) and Manningtree

Gallery

The eastern approach to the station

The 18-arch Chelmsford Viaduct

External links

• Train times and station information for Chelmsford railway station from National Rail

Former train operating company Anglia Railways ran services known as London Crosslink from Norwich to Basingstoke via Stratford. This service started in 2000 and ended in 2002.

Coordinates: 51°44′10.97″N 0°28′07.74″E / 51.7363806°N 0.4688167°E / 51.7363806; 0.4688167

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