Chelmsford railway station
Railway station in Essex, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chelmsford railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the city of Chelmsford, Essex at Duke St, Chelmsford CM1 1HT. It is 29 miles 60 chains (47.9 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Ingatestone to the west and Hatfield Peverel to the east.[1] Its three-letter station code is CHM.
General information | |||||
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Location | Chelmsford, City of Chelmsford England | ||||
Grid reference | TL705070 | ||||
Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | CHM | ||||
Classification | DfT category C1 | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1843 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 8.927 million | ||||
2019/20 | 8.606 million | ||||
Interchange | 33,284 | ||||
2020/21 | 1.717 million | ||||
Interchange | 10,518 | ||||
2021/22 | 4.596 million | ||||
Interchange | 31,390 | ||||
2022/23 | 5.785 million | ||||
Interchange | 43,397 | ||||
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The station is currently operated by Greater Anglia, who also operate all trains serving it, as part of the East Anglia franchise. Westbound trains terminate at Liverpool Street and eastbound trains run to a number of destinations including Braintree, Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester Town, Ipswich and Norwich.