Audley End railway station

Audley End Greater Anglia
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	AUD
Classification	DfT category D
Key dates
30 July 1845	Opened as Wenden
1 November 1848	Renamed Audley End
Passengers
2018/19	0.979 million
Interchange	8,458
2019/20	1.007 million
Interchange	7,180
2020/21	0.173 million
Interchange	812
2021/22	0.503 million
Interchange	2,883
2022/23	0.624 million
Interchange	3,349
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.

The station is managed by

History

The station was opened in 1845 by the

From 1865 the station also served as a junction with the

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.

Services

Most services at Audley End are operated by

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[1]

• 2 tph to London Liverpool Street (1 semi-fast, 1 stopping)
• 1 tph to Stansted Airport
• 2 tph to Cambridge North
• 1 tph to Norwich via Thetford

During the peak hours, a number of services from London continue beyond Cambridge North to Ely.

The station is also served by a small number of early morning and late evening CrossCountry operated services between Stansted Airport and Birmingham New Street.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Newport or Bishop's Stortford		Greater Anglia West Anglia Main Line		Great Chesterford or Whittlesford Parkway
Greater Anglia West Anglia Main Line Stansted Airport Branch		Whittlesford Parkway
		CrossCountry Birmingham to Stansted Airport Limited Service		Cambridge
	Disused railways
Saffron Walden		Great Eastern Railway Saffron Walden Railway		Terminus

References

References

Sources

• OL 11956311M
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• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers.
  OCLC 228266687
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• 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.
  OCLC 22311137
  .
• Sub Brit page about Saffron Walden Platform
• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

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• Train times and station information for Audley End railway station from National Rail

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