Shenfield railway station

Shenfield
General information
Location	Brentwood, Essex
Managed by	'one'
Platforms	5
Other information
Station code	SNF

Shenfield is a major station on the Great Eastern Main Line from Liverpool Street station in the City of London to places in the East of England.

It is located in Shenfield in the borough of Brentwood in Essex, England.

The station is served by fast trains on the main line to Liverpool Street and also the stopping services of the Shenfield Metro of which it is the eastern terminus. It is proposed that the Crossrail scheme will terminate here.

The station is 20 miles (32.2 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.

Service

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 Brentwood, Harold Wood, Gidea Park, Romford, Chadwell Heath, Goodmayes, Seven Kings, Ilford, Manor Park, Forest Gate, Maryland and Stratford

• 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, 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

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Brentwood		'one' Shenfield Metro		Terminus
Romford		'one' Great Eastern Main Line		Ingatestone
		'one' Southend and Southminster lines		Billericay
Stratford		Dutchflyer London-Amsterdam		Chelmsford