Sawbridgeworth railway station

Sawbridgeworth
Sawbridgeworth railway station in 2010
Location
Place	Sawbridgeworth
Local authority	District of East Hertfordshire
Coordinates	51°48′50″N 0°09′36″E / 51.814°N 0.16°E / 51.814; 0.16Coordinates: 51°48′50″N 0°09′36″E / 51.814°N 0.16°E / 51.814; 0.16
Grid reference	TL490150
Operations
Station code	SAW
Managed by	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*
2012/13	0.490 million
2013/14	0.490 million
2014/15	0.499 million
2015/16	0.511 million
2016/17	0.527 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1842 (1842)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Sawbridgeworth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Sawbridgeworth railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the small town of Sawbridgeworth in Hertfordshire, England. It is 26 miles 57 chains (43.0 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Harlow Mill and Bishop's Stortford stations. Its three-letter station code is SAW.

The station and all trains serving it are operated by Greater Anglia. Both platforms were extended to accommodate 12-coach trains in 2011.

Formerly, part of the station was in the county of Essex and it is still immediately adjacent to the boundary with Lower Sheering, in the Epping Forest district of Essex.

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:

• 1 train per hour (tph) to London Liverpool Street, calling at Harlow Mill, Harlow Town, Roydon, Broxbourne, Cheshunt and Tottenham Hale, taking 41 minutes.
• 2 tph to Stratford,
  • 1 calls at Harlow Mill, Harlow Town, Roydon, Broxbourne, Cheshunt, Enfield Lock, Northumberland Park and Tottenham Hale, taking 47 minutes.
  • 1 calls at Harlow Town, Broxbourne, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross and Tottenham Hale.
• 2 tph to Bishops Stortford, calling at Bishop's Stortford only.
• 1 tph to Cambridge, calling at Bishop's Stortford, Stansted Mountfitchet, Elsenham, Newport, Audley End, Great Chesterford, Whittlesford Parkway and Shelford, taking 44 minutes.

During the snow of January 2010

On Sundays this becomes:

• 2 tph to London Liverpool Street, of which:
  • 1tph calls at Harlow Town, Broxbourne, Cheshunt and Tottenham Hale, taking 38 minutes.
  • 1tph calls at Harlow Mill, Harlow Town, Roydon, Broxbourne, Cheshunt, Tottenham Hale and Hackney Downs.
• 2 tph to Cambridge, of which:
• 1 calls at Bishops Stortford, Audley End and Whittlesford Parkway.
• 1 calls at all stations.

Level Crossing

The level crossing located to the south of the station is manually operated, like the signals at Liverpool Street Panel (L).

External links

• Train times and station information for Sawbridgeworth railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Harlow Mill or Harlow Town		Greater Anglia West Anglia Main Line		Bishop's Stortford