Harold Wood railway station
Harold Wood 
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Harold Wood railway station in 1995
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 Harold Wood
Location of Harold Wood in Greater London
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| Location | Harold Wood |
| Local authority | London Borough of Havering |
| Managed by | TfL Rail |
| Station code | HRO |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Number of platforms | 4 |
| Fare zone | 6 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 2.580 million |
| 2012–13 |
2.858 million |
| 2013–14 |
2.918 million |
| 2014–15 |
3.140 million |
| 2015–16 |
2.930 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1868 | Opened |
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| WGS84 | 51°35′34″N 0°14′03″E / 51.5928°N 0.2343°ECoordinates: 51°35′34″N 0°14′03″E / 51.5928°N 0.2343°E |
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Harold Wood railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in east London, serving the town of Harold Wood in the London Borough of Havering. It is 14 miles 76 chains (24.1 km) down-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 by TfL Rail. The vast majority of services call at Harold Wood as part of the Shenfield-Liverpool Street stopping "metro" service but Abellio Greater Anglia services for Southend Victoria call on Sundays. From 2019, Harold Wood will be fully served by Crossrail, linking it directly 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.
Harold Wood station was opened on 1 December 1868 by the Great Eastern Railway on their main line from Bishopsgate in London to the East of England. Two additional tracks (normally used today by express services which do not call at Harold Wood) were built in 1934 under London and North Eastern Railway ownership.
The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service from the station is six trains per hour to Shenfield and six to London Liverpool Street. On Sundays this reduces to two in each direction, while two Southend Victoria services additionally call.
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