Romford railway station
Romford   
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Romford railway station in 2010
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 Romford
Location of Romford in Greater London
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| Location | Romford |
| Local authority | London Borough of Havering |
| Managed by | TfL Rail |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code | RMF |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Number of platforms | 5 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 6 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 7.000 million |
| 2012–13 |
7.446 million |
| 2013–14 |
8.265 million |
| – interchange | 0.500 million |
| 2014–15 |
8.947 million |
| – interchange |
0.546 million |
| 2015–16 |
9.041 million |
| – interchange |
0.605 million |
| Key dates | |
| 1839 | ECR station opened |
| 1893 | LTSR Upminster platform opened |
| 1934 | Stations combined |
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| WGS84 | 51°34′30″N 0°10′58″E / 51.5749°N 0.1827°ECoordinates: 51°34′30″N 0°10′58″E / 51.5749°N 0.1827°E |
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Romford railway station is an interchange station on the Great Eastern Main Line, serving the town of Romford in the London Borough of Havering, east London. It is 12 miles 30 chains (19.9 km) down line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Chadwell Heath and Gidea Park. Its three-letter station code is RMF and it is in Travelcard Zone 6.
The station was opened in 1839 by the Eastern Counties Railway. It is currently managed by TfL Rail. The majority of services call at Romford as part of the Shenfield-Liverpool Street service operated by TfL Rail, but the station is also served by some Abellio Greater Anglia trains to and from Southend Victoria and Colchester Town and the Romford to Upminster Line on London Overground links Romford to Upminster. From 2019, Romford will be fully served by Crossrail, linking it 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" on 31 May 2015.
Romford station opened on 20 June 1839 as the eastern terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway from Mile End. Both stations acted as temporary termini, with the line extending east to Brentwood and west to Bishopsgate (Low Level) in 1840. On 7 June 1893 the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway opened a second station in Romford, on a branch line to Upminster. The two stations were combined in 1934.
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