Chadwell Heath railway station
Chadwell Heath 
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Station building and entrance
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 Chadwell Heath
Location of Chadwell Heath in Greater London
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| Location | Chadwell Heath |
| Local authority | London Borough of Redbridge |
| Managed by | TfL Rail |
| Station code | CTH |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 5 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 2.229 million |
| 2012–13 |
2.346 million |
| 2013–14 |
2.687 million |
| 2014–15 |
3.007 million |
| 2015–16 |
3.674 million |
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| 1864 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°34′04″N 0°07′45″E / 51.5678°N 0.1292°ECoordinates: 51°34′04″N 0°07′45″E / 51.5678°N 0.1292°E |
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Chadwell Heath railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in Chadwell Heath, which straddles the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and the London Borough of Redbridge in east London. It is 9 miles 79 chains (16.1 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Goodmayes and Romford. Its three-letter station code is CTH and it is in Travelcard Zone 5.
The station was opened in 1864 by the Eastern Counties Railway. It is currently managed by TfL Rail. Train services call at Chadwell Heath as part of the Shenfield-Liverpool Street stopping "metro" service. From 2019, the station will be fully served by Crossrail, linking Chadwell Heath to additional stations in central London as well as Reading and London Heathrow Airport. TfL Rail, the precursor of Crossrail, took over the running of the Shenfield "metro" in May 2015.
Chadwell Heath station was opened on 11 January 1864, and is built on the site of Wangey House, one of Dagenham's oldest buildings dating back to 1250. Wangey House was partly demolished when the Eastern Counties Railway built the line in the 1830s; the last surviving portion was demolished when the Great Eastern Railway widened the line in 1901.
Chadwell Heath was the focus for the housing estate temporary railway built for the construction of the Becontree estate in the period 1926-33.
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