Rail Links

Harlow has excellent rail connections running north to south. The main station is Harlow Town, with another connection at Harlow Mill. To the south, the City of London can be reached within 30 minutes with stops on route at Tottenham Hale and Stratford.

The main line also intersects with Tottenham Hale, some 15 minutes south of Harlow, providing access to London's West End within 45 minutes and a direct London underground link to Heathrow Airport.

Stratford is a major interchange for access to Canary Wharf, the Olympic Park and the Thames Gateway. From 2011, Stratford will have an international passenger service directly to Paris and Brussels. It will also be a major interchange for the Cross Rail service planned to open in 2017.

To the north services are available to Cambridge City centre along with other connections to Bishop's Stortford, Bury St Edmunds, Ely and Peterborough.

The chart below shows travel times and frequency from Harlow to significant destinations by rail.

 

Destination	Travel time (minutes)	Frequency (per hour during day time)
Tottenham Hale	17	5
Stansted	18	4
London Liverpool Street	31	5
Cambridge	42	3
Stratford	45	4
Oxford Circus	45	5
Canary Wharf	60	5
Gatwick	100	5
Heathrow	110	5

 

*Including underground connection

The Central line terminus at Epping, 12 miles from Harlow and accessible by taxi or bus offers an alternative route to East London, the City, West End and West London.