Great Chesterford railway station

Great Chesterford National Rail
The station building
Location
Place Great Chesterford
Local authority District of Uttlesford
Grid reference TL504424
Operations
Station code GRC
Managed by Greater Anglia
Owned by Network Rail
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Decrease 110,484
2013/14 Decrease 106,940
2014/15 Increase 111,046
2015/16 Decrease 109,846
2016/17 Increase 114,146
History
Original company Eastern Counties Railway[1]
Pre-grouping Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
30 July 1845 Opened as Chesterford[1]
1 June 1875 Renamed Great Chesterford[1]
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Great Chesterford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Great Chesterford railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the village of Great Chesterford in Essex, England. It is 45 miles 56 chains (73.5 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Audley End and Whittlesford Parkway stations. Its three-letter station code is GRC.

The station and all trains calling are operated by Greater Anglia.

The station was once the point where the Newmarket Railway left the London to Cambridge main line. This route was authorised in 1846, opened on 3 January 1848 for goods and to passengers three days later. The Newmarket branch was an early victim of poor finance leading to closure: it was temporarily closed on 30 June 1850 and reopened on 9 September 1850, but the section between Great Chesterford and Six Mile Bottom was closed permanently on 9 October 1851 with the opening of the direct line between Six Mile Bottom and Cambridge.[2] The next station to the north of Great Chesterford was Bourne Bridge.[3]

Services

There is an hourly service in each direction between Cambridge and London Liverpool Street, with peak extras.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. pp. 59, 108. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  2. ↑ Allen, Cecil J. (1956) [1955]. The Great Eastern Railway (2nd ed.). Hampton Court: Ian Allan. pp. 37–38, 43–45.
  3. ↑ Dewick, Tony (2002). Complete Atlas of Railway Station Names. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-2798-6.
  4. ↑ Table 22 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Audley End   Greater Anglia
West Anglia Main Line
   Whittlesford Parkway
Disused railways
Bourne Bridge
Line and station closed		   Newmarket Railway   Terminus

Coordinates: 52°03′36″N 0°11′38″E / 52.060°N 0.194°E / 52.060; 0.194


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