Stansted Mountfitchet railway station

Stansted Mountfitchet
Location
Place	Stansted Mountfitchet
Local authority	Uttlesford
Operations
Station code	SST
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.352 million
2005/06 *	0.358 million
2006/07 *	0.354 million
2007/08 *	0.384 million
History
Opened 1845 (1845)
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 Mountfitchet from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Stansted Mountfitchet railway station serves the village of Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Greater Anglia.

The station, which was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1845, was originally known simply as Stansted. It was renamed to its current name in 1990 to avoid potential confusion with the forthcoming station at nearby Stansted Airport, although a local resident, Joseph J. Green, requested such a name change as early as 1890.

The station has services to London Liverpool Street, Cambridge, Stansted Airport with services to Stratford on Sundays only, this has been the case since all weekday and Saturday services to Stratford were cut back to Bishop's Stortford from the December 2011 timetable change. All services through this station are operated by Class 379 EMUs and Class 317 EMUs units with very rare appearences from Class 315 EMUs.

The station building is the original from the opening of the station in 1845. There was a left luggage office on the London bound platform, but this is now boarded up.

The station features a ticket office, passenger information screens and retains a operational 'flapper-clock' from the Network Southeast period on the London bound platform which is still in working order.

Both platforms were extended to accommodate 12-coach trains in December 2011, though initially no 12-coach trains are scheduled to call.

In Popular Culture

The station appeared in the episode Judgement of Solomon of the 1990's TV drama Lovejoy

Gallery

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  The station building on platform 2 (Northbound)

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  Car park

External links

• Train times and station information for Stansted Mountfitchet railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Bishop's Stortford		Greater Anglia West Anglia Main Line		Elsenham or Stansted Airport