Stansted Airport railway station
Stansted Airport  |
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| Location | |
| Place | London Stansted Airport |
| Local authority | Uttlesford |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SSD |
| Managed by | Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 3.822 million |
| 2005/06 * |  3.799 million |
| 2006/07 * |  5.370 million |
| 2007/08 * | 5.522 million |
| 2008/09 * | 5.241 million |
| 2009/10 * | 4.459 million |
| History | |
| Opened 1991 | |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stansted Airport from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Stansted Airport railway station serves London Stansted Airport in Essex, England.
It is situated at the end of a short branch from the West Anglia Main Line. The branch was constructed at a cost of £44 million and opened in 1991, to coincide with the completion of the airport's new terminal building. The station was built as a through station for a possible future extension of the line towards Braintree, though a hotel since built immediately to the east of the station now precludes this.
In December 2011 platform 1 was extended to accommodate two trains simultaneously in combinations of up to 16 coaches, and platform 2 was extended to accommodate four-coach Class 170 trains.
[edit] Services
The principal service to Stansted Airport is the Stansted Express, a dedicated airport link service from London Liverpool Street operated by Greater Anglia, which runs every 15 minutes. Greater Anglia also operates occasional trains northwards to Cambridge.
The station is also served by CrossCountry, who operate an hourly service to Birmingham New Street, via Cambridge, Peterborough and Leicester.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Stansted Airport railway station from National Rail
- Stansted Airport Trains
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
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| Stansted Mountfitchet or Bishop's Stortford or Harlow Town |
Greater Anglia Stansted Express |
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| Audley End | CrossCountry Birmingham New Street / Leicester - Stansted Airport |
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