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Harwich Town railway station
Railway station in Essex, England
Railway station in Essex, England
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Harwich Town | ||
| symbol_location | gb | ||
| symbol | rail | ||
| image | 2012 at Harwich Town station - forecourt.jpg | ||
| borough | Harwich, Tendring | ||
| country | England | ||
| coordinates | |||
| grid_name | Grid reference | ||
| grid_position | |||
| manager | Greater Anglia | ||
| platforms | 1 | ||
| code | HWC | ||
| classification | DfT category F1 | ||
| years | 15 August 1854 | ||
| events | Opened | ||
| years1 | 1865–66 | ||
| events1 | Rebuilt | ||
| mpassengers | |||
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2020/21 | passengers= 27,818}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2021/22 | passengers= 79,978}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2022/23 | passengers= 87,472}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2023/24 | passengers= 0.102 million}} |
| {{Rail pass box | pass_year | 2024/25 | passengers= 0.112 million}} |
| footnotes | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Harwich Town railway station is the eastern terminus of the Mayflower Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the port town of Harwich, Essex. It is 70 mi from London Liverpool Street; the preceding station on the line is . Its three-letter station code is HWC.
The station is currently operated by Greater Anglia, which also runs all trains serving the station.
History
The line to Harwich was originally opened in 1854 but the present station was built on a revised alignment by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) in 1865–66, the original station in George Street, just a short distance to the north, having burned down. The suffix "Town" was added to the station's name in 1883.
The original station had three platforms and included lines which ran directly onto the two piers from which the GER ferry services operated. The current unnumbered platform has an operational length for eight-coach trains. There was also a GER-owned hotel called The Great Eastern on the quay between the two piers.
There were also sidings and a 42 ft turntable to the south-east of the rebuilt station.
The arrival/sailing of a train ferry every six hours (day and night) with each vessel bringing and sailing with 36 continental wagons which were handled over sidings on the north-west side of the station created a high level of activity, and in later years car trains were regular users of the outer platforms delivering/collecting cars for MAT Transport and delivering cars, mainly for BMC, for eventual shipment from Navyard Wharf.
The station, goods yard, and movements to and from the train ferry terminal were controlled from a signal box positioned at the southern end of the station which was in use from 1882 until December 1985 and had 50 levers.
On 15 April 2019 the station buildings opened as "The Harwich Town railway and maritime" museum.
Services
the typical weekday off-peak service is one train per hour to Manningtree, although there some additional services at peak times. Trains generally call at all stations along the Mayflower Line; some are extended to or from and/or London Liverpool Street.
References
References
- Body, Geoffrey. (1986). "PSL Field Guide - Railways of the Eastern Region - vol. 1". Patrick Stephens Ltd.
- Mitchell, Vic. (June 2011). "Branch Lines to Harwich and Hadleigh". Middleton Press.
- Brailsford, Martyn. (2016). "Railway Track Diagrams Volume 2 Eastern". Trackmaps.
- Hughes, Geoffrey. (1986). "LNER". Ian Allan Ltd.
- {{harvnb. Mitchell. 2011
- (18 April 2018). "Outstanding railway museum set to open on April 15". Mortons Media Group.
- {{NRtimes. May 2016. 11
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