Harold Wood Elizabeth line
Station entrance seen in May 2022
Harold Wood is located in Greater London
Harold Wood
Harold Wood
Location of Harold Wood in Greater London
LocationHarold Wood
Local authorityLondon Borough of Havering
Managed byElizabeth line
OwnerNetwork Rail
Station codeHRO
DfT categoryC2
Number of platforms4
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Increase 3.089 million[2]
2019–20Decrease 3.064 million[2]
2020–21Decrease 0.964 million[2]
2021–22Increase 1.998 million[2]
2022–23Increase 3.269 million[2]
Key dates
1 December 1868Opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451°35′34″N 0°14′03″E / 51.5928°N 0.2343°E / 51.5928; 0.2343
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Harold Wood railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in east London, serving Harold Wood 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.

The station is currently managed and served by Elizabeth line.

History

Harold Wood station was opened on 1 December 1868 by the Great Eastern Railway in the north of the parish of Hornchurch.[3] It was located on its main line from Bishopsgate in London to the east of England and consisted of two staggered platforms of wooden construction, the down platform accessed from Station Road and the up platform from Oak Road. Goods facilities consisted of two sidings on the north side of the line opposite the up platform, and there was also a long siding serving a brickworks. A signal box was provided at the up end of the down platform controlling the signals, access to the goods facilities, and a trailing crossover.[4]

Two additional tracks were built to the north of the original lines 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. At this time the current station building was constructed on the overbridge at Gubbins Lane, and new platforms of precast concrete construction located slightly further east nearer to the new station building. The signal box was removed as part of these works, with control of the new colour light signals shared between Gidea Park and Brentwood.[4]

Services

All services at Harold Wood are operated by the Elizabeth line using Class 345 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5][6]

On Sundays, the service is reduced to 4 tph in each direction between Shenfield and London Paddington with 2 tph continuing to run to and from Heathrow Terminal 5.

Preceding station   Elizabeth line   Following station
Gidea Park
  Elizabeth line   Brentwood
towards Shenfield

Connections

London Buses routes 256, 294, 347, 496, 497, 646 and 656 serve the station.

References

  1. ↑ "Harold Wood Station Plan". National Rail Enquiries. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. ↑ "Hornchurch: Introduction". British History Online. 1978. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. 1 2 Brennand, Dave (December 2002). "Harold Wood". Ilford to Shenfield. Eastern Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press (published 2002). pp. 59–63. ISBN 1-901706-974.
  5. ↑ Table 5 National Rail timetable, December 2023
  6. ↑ "Elizabeth Line Timetable: December 2023" (PDF). Transport for London. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
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