Audley End railway station
Audley End railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the village of Wendens Ambo and the town of Saffron Walden in Essex, England. It is 41 miles 55 chains (67.1 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Newport and Great Chesterford stations. Its three-letter station code is AUD.
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![]() Audley End railway station in 2012 | |
Location | |
Place | Wendens Ambo |
Local authority | District of Uttlesford |
Coordinates | 52.0045°N 0.2073°E |
Grid reference | TL516363 |
Operations | |
Station code | AUD |
Managed by | Greater Anglia |
Number of platforms | 2 |
DfT category | D |
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History | |
30 July 1845 | Opened as Wenden |
1 November 1848 | Renamed Audley End |
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Audley End from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. |
The station is managed by Greater Anglia.
There was a platform at the eastern end of the station (52.0043°N 0.2077°E) for a branch line to Saffron Walden that was closed in 1964.
History
The station was opened in 1845 by the Eastern Counties Railway, which was absorbed into the Great Eastern Railway, and became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the grouping of 1923. The station passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
The station was served by Network SouthEast when BR sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, until it was privatised.
Audley End station's name was changed on signs to Audley End for Saffron Walden in 2012. Sir Alan Haselhurst, MP for Saffron Walden, unveiled the re-branded signs on Friday 25 May.[1]
Services
Audley End is served by trains operated by both Greater Anglia[2] and CrossCountry. As of the December 2019 timetable change, off peak services at the station in trains per hour are:
Greater Anglia
- 2 tph to London Liverpool Street (1 stopping, 1 semi-fast)
- 2 tph to Cambridge North (1 stopping, 1 semi-fast)
- 1 tph to Stansted Airport
- 1 tph to Norwich via Cambridge
CrossCountry
- 1 tph to Birmingham New Street via Leicester
- 1 tph to Stansted Airport
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Following station | ||
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Newport or Stansted Airport | Greater Anglia West Anglia Main Line |
Great Chesterford or Whittlesford Parkway | ||
Stansted Airport | CrossCountry Birmingham - Stansted Airport |
Cambridge | ||
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Saffron Walden | Great Eastern Railway Saffron Walden Railway |
Terminus |
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Audley End railway station. |
References
- Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Sub Brit page about Saffron Walden Platform
- Station on navigable O.S. map
- "Latest News May 2012". railway-centre.com.
- Table 22 National Rail timetable, May 2016