Harold Wood railway station

Harold Wood railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in east London, serving the Harold Wood area of Romford in the London Borough of Havering. It is 14 miles 76 chains (24.1 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Gidea Park and Brentwood. Its three-letter station code is HRO and it is in Travelcard zone 6.

Harold Wood
Harold Wood railway station in 1995
Harold Wood Location of Harold Wood in Greater London
Location	Harold Wood
Local authority	London Borough of Havering
Managed by	TfL Rail
Station code	HRO
DfT category	C2
Number of platforms	4
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2014–15	3.140 million[1]
2015–16	2.930 million[1]
2016–17	2.973 million[1]
2017–18	2.930 million[1]
2018–19	3.089 million[1]
Key dates
1 December 1868	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51.5928°N 0.2343°E / 51.5928; 0.2343
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The station is currently managed by TfL Rail and is served by the Shenfield-Liverpool Street stopping "metro" service. In the future TfL Rail will be re-branded as the Elizabeth line as part of the Crossrail project. Eventually, the Elizabeth line service will be extended beyond Liverpool Street to Paddington and onwards to Reading and Heathrow Airport.

History

Harold Wood station was opened on 1 December 1868 by the Great Eastern Railway on its main line from Bishopsgate in London to the east of England. Two additional tracks were built in 1934 under London and North Eastern Railway ownership (the original tracks are normally used today by express services which do not call at Harold Wood).

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service from the station is six trains per hour to Shenfield and six to London Liverpool Street. On Sundays this reduces to four in each direction.

Operator	Route	Rolling stock	Frequency	Notes
TfL Rail	London Liverpool Street - Stratford - Maryland - Forest Gate - Manor Park - Ilford - Seven Kings - Goodmayes - Chadwell Heath - Romford - Gidea Park - Harold Wood - Brentwood - Shenfield	Class 315, Class 345	6x per hour	4x per hour on Sundays

In 2017 new Class 345 trains began entering operation as the Crossrail service partially opened. The platforms at Harold Wood will be extended from their current length of 169 metres (185 yd) to accommodate the Crossrail trains, which will be over 200 metres (220 yd) long once extended to nine carriages.

Three new lifts providing access to all platforms, improved lighting and signage, help points, new ticket machines and gates will also be installed, and the footbridge and stairwells will be refurbished.

Connections

London Buses routes 256, 294, 347 and 496 serve the station.

References

1. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.

External links

• Train times and station information for Harold Wood railway station from National Rail
• Excel file displaying National Rail station usage information for 2005/06

Preceding station		Crossrail		Following station
Gidea Park towards Liverpool Street		TfL Rail Shenfield Metro		Brentwood towards Shenfield
	Future development
Gidea Park towards Paddington		Crossrail Elizabeth line		Brentwood towards Shenfield