Harlow Mill railway station

Harlow Mill
Harlow Mill railway station in 2009
Location
Place	Old Harlow
Local authority	Borough of Harlow
Coordinates	51°47′24″N 0°07′55″E / 51.79°N 0.132°ECoordinates: 51°47′24″N 0°07′55″E / 51.79°N 0.132°E
Grid reference	TL471123
Operations
Station code	HWM
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Owned by	Network Rail
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	0.170 million
2011/12	0.188 million
2012/13	0.187 million
2013/14	0.194 million
2014/15	0.202 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1842
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Harlow Mill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Harlow Mill railway station serves the eastern part of town of Harlow in Essex, England. The main station in the town is Harlow Town. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Abellio Greater Anglia.

History

The station was opened in 1842 as Harlow railway station on the Northern and Eastern Railway's line between London and Bishop's Stortford. It served the village of the same name, located on the London to Cambridge toll road. In the late 1940s, as the new town of Harlow was being built, the original village of Harlow was named Old Harlow and incorporated as a district in the new town. The station was renamed Harlow Mill on 13 July 1960 after the mill on the River Stort, just north of the station.

Incidents

The station was the scene of an accident which caused the deaths of two people on 15 April 2008. The driver of an approaching train spotted a man and a woman on the tracks at the station, sounded his horn and applied the emergency brake but was unable to avoid striking the pair. Police confirmed that they died at the scene. The train was not due to stop at the station and was travelling at 80 miles per hour (130 km/h).^[1]

Services

All services at the station are operated by Abellio Greater Anglia. Though train services stopping here are not as frequent as Harlow Town, there are direct trains most of the day to London Liverpool Street and Cambridge, as well as services to Bishops Stortford and Stratford.

References

1. "Two Hit and Killed by 80mph Train". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 April 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2015.

External links

• Train times and station information for Harlow Mill railway station from National Rail