Beaulieu Park | |
Symbol Location: | gb |
Symbol: | rail |
Borough: | Boreham, City of Chelmsford |
Country: | England |
Platforms: | 3 |
Years: | 2025 |
Events: | Estimated completion |
Years1: | 2026 |
Events1: | Estimated opening |
Beaulieu Park railway station is a planned station on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England that will serve a new development in Boreham, approximately 3miles to the north-east of Chelmsford, Essex. It will be situated between to the west and to the east. It was originally expected to open in 2019,[1] though due to numerous issues, mainly relating to funding, this date has been pushed back number of times, most recently to 2026.[2]
The station is proposed with three platforms, to be served by medium- and long-distance trains on the route from London Liverpool Street to, with interchange with local buses.
The development will include thousands of new residential dwellings, three schools, a business park, surgery, hotel, and parkland, as well as the station which will also serve the neighbourhoods of Boreham and Springfield to help relieve congestion at Chelmsford's main station.[3]
In August 2019 the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid, agreed £218 million from the Housing Infrastructure Fund for the new station and associated road improvements, with the aim of unlocking up to 14,000 new homes.[4]
Construction on the station began in January 2023.
When completed, the station itself will have 3 platforms, lift-based step free access to each platform, car and cycle parking, and a bus interchange.[5]