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{{Short description|Railway station in Essex, England}}
{{redirect|Burnt Mill railway station|the former station in Ireland|Burnt Mill railway station (Ireland)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox GB station
| symbolname = railHarlow Town
| name symbol_location = Harlow Towngb
| codesymbol = HWNrail
| image_nameimage = Harlowtown3.jpg▼
| dft_category = C1
| caption = Platform 3▼
▲| image_name = Harlowtown3.jpg
| borough = [[Harlow|Borough of]], [[Harlow District]]▼
▲| caption = Platform 3
| country = England
| manager = [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]]▼
| coordinates = {{coord|51.781|0.095|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}▼
| owner =▼
| localegrid_name = [[HarlowOrdnance Survey National Grid|Grid reference]]
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|TL446112|25|TL446112}}
▲| borough = [[Harlow|Borough of Harlow]]
▲| manager = [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]]
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| startopened = 1842▼
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| footnotes = Passenger statistics from the [[Office of Rail and Road]]
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| platformsdesignation1 = 4Grade II
| designation1_feature = Harlow Town Station including Platform Structures
▲| start = 1842
| designation1_date = 25 November 1995
▲| coordinates = {{coord|51.781|0.095|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| designation1_number = 1117351<ref name="Listing">{{National Heritage List for England|num=1117351 |desc=Harlow Town Station including Platform Structures |access-date=2 June 2019 |mode=cs2}}</ref>
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[[File:Network SouthEast Class 317 at Harlow.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Network SouthEast]] [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]] at Harlow Town in the mid-1990s]]▼
'''Harlow Town railway station''' is on the [[West Anglia Main Line]] serving the town of [[Harlow]] in [[Essex]], England. It is {{convert|22|mi|59|chain|km}} down the line from [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] and is situated between {{rws|Roydon}} and {{rws|Harlow Mill}} stations. Its three-letter station code is HWN.
 
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The station was opened in 1842 as '''Burnt Mill''', to serve the small village of the same name.
 
[[File:Harlow Town Station, entrance geograph-3894212-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|left|The station building in 2007]]
InBetween March 1959-60 and July 1960 the station was rebuilt<ref>{{cite book |last=Lawrence |first=David |date=2018 |title=British Rail Architecture 1948-97 |publisher=Crecy Publishing Ltd |page=76 |isbn=9780860936855 }}</ref> to serve the post-war [[new town]] of [[Harlow]], to designs by [[Paul Hamilton (architect)|Paul Hamilton]] with John Bicknell and Ian Fraser of the [[British Railways]] (Eastern Region) architects department (chief architect: H. H. Powell). Described by Pevsner as "low, crisp and entirely ungimmicky", its architectural quality was recognised in 1996 when it was made a Grade II [[listed building]]. The listing entry states "the Eastern Region Architect's Department was the most creative branch of British Railways, designing a number of powerful modern stations in conjunction with the Region's electrification. The new station for Harlow New Town was the flagship of this achievement. It is a building with powerful spatial qualities, of especial interest particularly for its architectural design".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/ |title=Seax Archeaology - Unlocking Essex's Past |access-date=14 July 2010 |archive-date=20 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820164021/http://unlockingessex.essexcc.gov.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
The Architect and Building News in 1959<ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1959 |title=British Railways Architecture |journal=The Architect and Building News |volume=216 |issue=13 |pages=409 }}</ref> said ''the architects have aimed at expressing the beauty of continuous surfaces of natural materials and paintwork has been reduced to a minimum.''
 
On 13 July 1960, the station was renamed '''Harlow Town'''. Its status as a listed building has meant that alterations to conform with the [[Disability Discrimination Act 1995|Disability Discrimination Act]] have had to be carried out sensitively to protect the original architectural conception.
 
==Services==
▲[[File:Network SouthEast Class 317 at Harlow.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Network SouthEast]] [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]] at Harlow Town in the mid-1990s]]
All services at the station are operated by [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]], although some are branded as [[Stansted Express]]. Trains are normally formed by [[British Rail Class 317|Class 317]] and [[British Rail Class 379|Class 379]] [[electric multiple unit]]s.
 
All services at Harlow Town are operated by [[Greater Anglia (train operating company)|Greater Anglia]] (including some services which operate under the [[Stansted Express]] brand). Services are operated using {{brc|720}} and {{brc|745|n}} [[Electric multiple unit|EMUs]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title= GA withdraws all Class 379s |magazine= Today's Railways UK |issue= 242 | date= April 2022 |pages=66}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=More passengers in Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire enjoy new trains|url=https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/about-us/news-desk/press-releases/more-passengers-in-cambridgeshire-and-hertfordshire-enjoy-new |access-date=2021-07-25|website=www.greateranglia.co.uk|language=en}}</ref>
 
The typical off-peak service pattern in trains per hour is:<ref>{{NRtimes|May 2022|22}}</ref>▼
* 4 tph to [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] (2 fastof these are [[Stansted Express]] services, 21 is semi-fast and 1 is a stopping service)▼
* 2 tph to {{Stnlnkstn|CambridgeStratford}} (1 semi-fast, 1 stopping)▼
* 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Bishop's Stortford}}
* 2 tph to {{Stnlnkstnlnk|Stansted Airport}} (fast)▼
* 2 tph to {{Stnlnkstnlnk|BishopsCambridge StortfordNorth}} (1 semi-fast, 1 stopping)▼
 
During the peak hours, the station is served by a small number of services to and from {{stnlnk|Ely}}.
 
There is also a further 2tph on Stansted Express services in each direction between London Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport that pass through the station but do not stop, except for some peak hour trains.
 
On Sundays, the services between Stratford and Bishop's Stortford do not run.
 
{{Railrail start}}▼
▲The typical off-peak service pattern in trains per hour is:
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▲* 4 tph to [[Liverpool Street station|London Liverpool Street]] (2 fast, 2 semi-fast)
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* 2 tph to [[Stratford station|Stratford]] (stopping)
{{s-end}}▼
▲* 2 tph to {{Stnlnk|Stansted Airport}} (fast)
▲* 2 tph to {{Stnlnk|Cambridge}} (1 semi-fast, 1 stopping)
▲* 2 tph to {{Stnlnk|Bishops Stortford}} (1 semi-fast, 1 stopping)
 
==The station today==
The station has four platforms. Platform 2 is for services towards London Liverpool Street and Stratford. Platform 3 is for services towards Stansted Airport and Cambridge. Platforms 1 and 4 are used less frequently for slow trains and as a [[Passing loop|Waiting loop]] for freight trains from the aggregate terminal a mile down the line, they are however used by a number of peak starting/terminating services to/from Liverpool Street or Stratford and by a few through trains northbound and southbound. Currently all platforms accommodate 12 car trains.
 
In December 2009 [[turnstile|ticket barriers]] were installed at the station, to help reduce penalty [[fare evasion]] from the station. The platforms can accommodate 12 car trains.<ref name=GARUS>{{cite web
{{cite web
|url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/greater%20anglia/great%20anglia%20rus.pdf
|title=Greater Anglia Route Utilisation Strategy
|publisher=[[Network Rail]]
|access-date=2009-05-08
|accessdate=2009-05-08}}</ref><ref>http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/SME/html/NRE_HWN/objectvalues/2178-0000044.html</ref>
|archive-date=7 June 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607095713/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/rus%20documents/route%20utilisation%20strategies/greater%20anglia/great%20anglia%20rus.pdf
|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations-and-destinations/stations-made-easy/harlow-town|title=National Rail Enquiries - Harlow Town station information|website=www.nationalrail.co.uk}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
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