Emerson Park Railway Station

Emerson Park railway station is a National Rail station on Butts Green Road in the Emerson Park neighbourhood of the London Borough of Havering in northeast London, England. The station is on the Romford to Upminster Line and is the only intermediate station of that line. The station was opened in 1909 by the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway on a branch line which connected Romford with Upminster and Grays. The station is managed by Greater Anglia who also provide all train services. It has no station buildings other than a platform canopy over the single platform. It has very low, but growing, usage for a suburban railway station with 71,116 entries and exits in the year starting April 2009, up 21.35 % from 2008–2009.

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