Stansted Airport railway station
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| Stansted Airport | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | London Stansted Airport | ||
| Local authority | Uttlesford | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | SSD | ||
| Managed by | National Express East Anglia | ||
| Platforms in use | 3 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 3.822 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 3.799 million | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened 1991 | ||
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| * Annual 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. | |||
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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, which was constructed at a cost of £44 million and opened in 1991, to coincide with the completion of the airport's new terminal building.
[edit] Services
The principal service to Stansted Airport is the Stansted Express, a dedicated airport link service from London Liverpool Street operated by National Express East Anglia, which runs every 15 minutes. Other services operated by National Express East Anglia include local services to Liverpool Street, a service to Stratford in east London, and 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.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Bishop's Stortford or Harlow Town |
National Express East Anglia Stansted Express |
Terminus | ||
| Stansted Mountfitchet | National Express East Anglia West Anglia Main Line |
Terminus | ||
| Audley End | CrossCountry Birmingham - Stansted Airport |
Terminus | ||
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Stansted Airport railway station from National Rail
- Stansted Airport Trains
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