Shenfield Station
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Shenfield Station by Stephen McKay as part of the Geograph project.
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Shenfield Station
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 11 Jan 2023
Shenfield is no more than a suburb of Brentwood but has long been the outer terminus for suburban trains from Liverpool Street. Electrification had been planned in the 1930s but the Second World War delayed implementation until 1949; it came to be seen as one of the most important infrastructure schemes of the immediate post-war period - the showpiece of a new Britain. In more recent times the station has become the eastern end of the Elizabeth Line with, by the time of this photograph, trains running through to Paddington - which is why the canopy incorporates the Transport for London roundel.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.630773
Longitude
0.329571