Harlow Mill railway station explained

Harlow Mill
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Old Harlow, Harlow
Country:England
Coordinates:51.79°N 0.132°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Owned:Network Rail
Manager:Greater Anglia
Platforms:2
Code:HWM
Classification:DfT category E
Opened:1842
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Harlow Mill railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the eastern part of Harlow in Essex, England. It is 24chain36chain down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and stations. Its three-letter station code is HWM.

The station and all trains serving it are operated by Greater Anglia.

History

The station was opened in 1842 as Harlow, on the Northern and Eastern Railway's line between London and Bishop's Stortford. It served the village of the same name, located on the London to Cambridge toll road. In the late 1940s, as the new town of Harlow was being built, the original village of Harlow was named Old Harlow and incorporated as a district in the new town. The station was renamed Harlow Mill on 13 July 1960, after the mill on the River Stort, just north of the station.

In 2023, a series of improvements were made at the station. The car park was expanded by ten spaces and a new 12-space cycle storage facility was installed, providing six more cycle spaces than previously. A new waiting room on platform 1 was also installed.[1]

Services

All services at Harlow Mill are operated by Greater Anglia using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional hourly service between London Liverpool Street and . The station is also served by a small number of peak hour services to and from .

On Sundays, the services between Stratford and Bishop's Stortford do not run.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-09-12 . Car park and waiting room improvements bring benefits to Essex station . 2023-09-13 . RailAdvent . en-GB.