Braintree Freeport railway station

Coordinates: 51°52′08″N 0°34′01″E / 51.869°N 0.567°E

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Braintree Freeport

Braintree Freeport railway station in 2013

General information

Location

Braintree, Braintree
England

Coordinates

51°52′08″N 0°34′01″E / 51.869°N 0.567°E

Grid reference

TL769220

Managed by

Greater Anglia

Platforms

Other information

Station code

BTP

Classification

DfT category F2

History

Opened

8 November 1999

Passengers

2019/20

109,536

2020/21

26,098

2021/22

91,064

2022/23

109,306

2023/24

124,202

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Braintree Freeport railway station is on the Braintree Branch Line in the East of England, serving the Braintree Village shopping centre (formerly known as Braintree Freeport). It is 44 miles 16 chains (71.13 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street via Witham and it is situated between Cressing to the south and Braintree to the north. Its three-letter station code is BTP.^[1] The platform has an operational length for eight-coach trains.

The station is managed by Greater Anglia, which also operates all trains serving it.

History

The station was opened on 8 November 1999.^[2] There is a single, unstaffed platform with a shelter and a self-service ticket machine but there is no station building or other facilities.

Services

All services at Braintree Freeport are operated by Greater Anglia using Class 720 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Braintree and London Liverpool Street via Witham with additional services calling at the station during the peak hours.^[3]

On Sundays, southbound services at the station run only as far as Witham.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Cressing		Greater Anglia Braintree Branch Line		Braintree

References

^ Baker, Stuart K. (October 2010) [1977]. Rail Atlas Great Britain & Ireland (12th ed.). Hersham: Oxford Publishing Co. p. 37, section A1. ISBN 978-0-86093-632-9. 1010/C.
^ "Station Usage and Demand Forecasts for Newly Opened Railway Lines and Stations" (PDF). Department for Transport. 27 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
^ Table 11 National Rail timetable, December 2023

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Braintree Freeport railway station.

Train times and station information for Braintree Freeport railway station from National Rail
Report on proposed footbridge from Essex County Council

Railway stations served by Greater Anglia

Stations listed in italics are limited service on the line specified. They are also request stops if on Regional.

Inter-City

Great Eastern

Main Line	London Liverpool Street Stratford Seven Kings Romford Shenfield Ingatestone Chelmsford Hatfield Peverel Witham Kelvedon Marks Tey Colchester Manningtree Ipswich Stowmarket Diss Norwich
Shenfield–Southend	Billericay Wickford Rayleigh Hockley Rochford Southend Airport Prittlewell Southend Victoria
Crouch Valley	Battlesbridge South Woodham Ferrers North Fambridge Althorne Burnham-on-Crouch Southminster
Braintree branch	White Notley Cressing Braintree Freeport Braintree
Gainsborough	Chappel & Wakes Colne Bures Sudbury
Sunshine Coast	Colchester Town Hythe Wivenhoe Alresford Great Bentley Weeley Thorpe-le-Soken Clacton-on-Sea Kirby Cross Frinton-on-Sea Walton-on-the-Naze
Mayflower	Mistley Wrabness Harwich International Dovercourt Harwich Town

West Anglia

Main Line	London Liverpool Street Hackney Downs Tottenham Hale Northumberland Park Meridian Water Ponders End Brimsdown Enfield Lock Waltham Cross Cheshunt Broxbourne Roydon Harlow Town Harlow Mill Sawbridgeworth Bishop's Stortford
Lea Valley	Stratford Lea Bridge
Hertford East branch	Rye House St Margarets Ware Hertford East
Cambridge and Ely	Stansted Mountfitchet Elsenham Newport Audley End Great Chesterford Whittlesford Parkway Shelford Cambridge Cambridge North Waterbeach Ely
Stansted Express	London Liverpool Street Tottenham Hale Harlow Town Bishop's Stortford Stansted Mountfitchet Stansted Airport

Regional

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