Shenfield railway station
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 Shenfield
Location of Shenfield in Essex
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| Location | Shenfield |
| Local authority | Borough of Brentwood |
| Grid reference | TQ613949 |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Station code | SNF |
| DfT category | B |
| Number of platforms | 5 |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | C |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 2.991 million |
| 2012–13 |
3.131 million |
| 2013–14 |
3.314 million |
| – interchange | 1.895 million |
| 2014–15 |
3.488 million |
| – interchange | 1.618 million |
| 2015–16 |
3.690 million |
| – interchange |
 1.586 million |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | Eastern Counties Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 29 March 1843 | Opened as Shenfield |
| March 1850 | Closed |
| 1 January 1887 | Reopened as Shenfield & Hutton Junction |
| 20 February 1969 | Renamed Shenfield |
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| WGS84 | 51°37′51″N 0°19′47″E / 51.6307°N 0.3297°ECoordinates: 51°37′51″N 0°19′47″E / 51.6307°N 0.3297°E |
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Shenfield railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line and is also the western terminus of the Shenfield to Southend Line in the East of England, serving the town of Shenfield, Essex. It is 20 miles 16 chains (32.5 km) down-line from London Liverpool Street and is between Brentwood to the west and Ingatestone and Billericay to the east. Its three-letter station code is SNF.
The station was opened in 1843 and has since expanded from its original three platforms to the current five. It is the eastern terminus of the Liverpool Street-Shenfield "metro" service operated by TfL Rail, and it is also an interchange station for many Abellio Greater Anglia medium-distance services to and from Southend Victoria, Southminster, Chelmsford, Witham and Braintree, as well as longer-distance services to and from Harwich Town, Ipswich, Colchester Town and Clacton-on-Sea. From 2019 Shenfield will also become the eastern terminus of the Crossrail line to Reading and London Heathrow Airport.
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