Harwich International railway station
Harwich International is a railway station serving Harwich International Port in Essex, England. The station is located on the electrified Mayflower Line from to Harwich Town. The station is located in and serves the community of Parkeston, and was known as Harwich Parkeston Quay until 1995.The station has two entrances - one on the ground floor of the passenger terminal building which houses a staffed ticket office and ticket machines, direct access to Platform 1 and indirect access to Platforms 2 and 3 via the footbridge. There is also a second street entrance from the short-stay car park via the footbridge, although this entrance is unstaffed and has no ticketing facilities. The platforms can also be accessed via the level crossing at the east end of the platforms.Generally speaking, Platform 1 is used for the semi-fast "Dutchflyer" trains to London Liverpool Street as a terminus. Platform 2 is bi-directional and is served by local services between and Harwich Town. Platform 3 is used by the services to and.HistoryThe port and station owe their origins to the Great Eastern Railway which opened them on a new track alignment built over reclaimed land in 1883 and named them after its chairman, C.H. Parkes. The original combined station building and hotel is still in existence although the hotel is now offices and part of the port terminal.
