Chelmsford railway station

Chelmsford railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the city of Chelmsford, Essex. It is 29mi down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between to the west and and to the east. Its three-letter station code is CHM.The station is currently operated by Abellio Greater Anglia. They also operate all trains serving the station. Westbound trains terminate at Liverpool Street and eastbound trains run to a number of destinations including,, and.HistoryWhen the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) opened the line between Brentwood and Colchester in 1843 due to the geography of Chelmsford an 18-arch viaduct had to be built across what is now the town park. The first Chelmsford station was built slightly to the north of the current station. A three-storey building on today's site was constructed in 1885 by the Great Eastern Railway (GER), into which the ECR had been merged. The present station building dates from a rebuild in 1985 and a further rebuild completed in 2016, which saw the main concourse and ticket office rebuilt and a new staircase added to serve the London bound platform, to replace the original flying staircases installed as part of the 1985 rebuild. Since the railway is elevated on a viaduct the platforms are above street-level.On 2 March 1907 there was a collision between an up passenger express and a wagon left on the running line during shunting operations. There were no injuries and although the wagon was destroyed the locomotive stayed on the tracks suffering minor damage.