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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 down-line from London Liverpool Street and is between to the west and and 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 and and longer-distance services to and from , , , , and . From 2019 Shenfield will also become the eastern terminus of the Crossrail line to and London Heathrow Airport. ==History== Shenfield station was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway company on 29 March 1843 on the extension from Brentwood to Colchester. As it was situated in a rural area, patronage was low, so it was closed in March 1850. It reopened with the name Shenfield & Hutton Junction on 1 January 1887 under the Great Eastern Railway to serve as an interchange station with the new line to Southend that was completed two years later. There were three platforms, two up (London-bound) and one down (country-bound). Under the London and North Eastern Railway, two extra tracks for terminating local (suburban "metro") trains opened in 1934, resulting in the current five platforms. The 1920 survey of the station shows good sidings and a turntable on the London side of the up platforms. The goods yard was closed on 4 May 1964 and it became the station's car park. The Hutton Junction suffix in the station's name was removed on 20 February 1969. The station is down line from Liverpool Street. Immediately west of the station is Brentwood bank, which descends steeply in the up (London) direction. This bank presented a significant climb to steam trains. There are extensive sidings on the London side of the station just before the start of the descent down the bank. To the east of the station, the lines for Southend diverge with the down line passing under the main line towards . West of Shenfield there are five tracks, but to the east these split, two towards and two towards . Oyster card readers were installed for pay-as-you-go journeys in 2013. Today, Shenfield is served by fast trains on the main line towards London and it is also the eastern terminus of the stopping "metro" service from Liverpool Street. From 2019, Shenfield will additionally form the eastern terminus of Crossrail, although the precursor company TfL Rail took over the existng "metro" service in May 2015. Nine-carriage Crossrail trains will run over the pair of 'electric lines', rather than the main lines, replacing the existing eight-carriage "metro" trains and allowing Crossrail to serve all stations between Shenfield and Liverpool Street, continuing west towards and London Heathrow Airport.〔(CROSSRAIL INFORMATION PAPER A7 – SELECTION OF THE NORTH EASTERN TERMINUS )〕 At peak hours the frequency of service will increase from eight trains per hour to 12, necessitating the construction of a new 210-metre long platform 6,〔〔(Environmental Baseline and Assessment of Impacts – North East Route Section )〕 which will be built to the north of platform 5, replacing one of the existing three western sidings.〔(Chapter 18 - Route Window NE17 - Shenfield station )〕 The two remaining western sidings and three new eastern sidings will also be used by Crossrail.〔 It is estimated that Crossrail will cut morning peak journey times by up to seven minutes although there will be no reduction to some journey times.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shenfield railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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