Shelford railway station

Shelford National Rail
Location
Place Great Shelford
Local authority District of South Cambridgeshire
Grid reference TL465522
Operations
Station code SED
Managed by Greater Anglia
Owned by Network Rail
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 0.154 million
2013/14 Decrease 0.153 million
2014/15 Increase 0.160 million
2015/16 Increase 0.175 million
2016/17 Increase 0.182 million
History
Key dates Opened 1845 (1845)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Shelford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Shelford railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the villages of Great Shelford, Little Shelford and Stapleford in Cambridgeshire, England. It is 52 miles 36 chains (84.4 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Whittlesford Parkway and Cambridge. Its three-letter station code is SED.

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

History

The station was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1845[1] and later became a junction with the opening of the Stour Valley Railway from Haverhill on 1 June 1865.[2] The subsequent completion of the line onwards to Sudbury a few months later created a through link with Colchester on the Great Eastern Main Line. This was used by through holiday trains between Clacton-on-Sea and the East/West Midlands in LNER and British Rail days but then fell victim to the Beeching Axe, closing to all traffic on 6 March 1967.[3]

Eminent theatre director Sir Peter Hall lived here in his early life when his father Reginald Hall was the stationmaster.[4][5][6]

Services

A train leaves hourly in each direction off-peak and half-hourly during the peak.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Great Shelford conservation area" (PDF). scambs.gov.uk. South Cambridgeshire District Council. 2007. p. 5. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Wallis, Andy T (2011). Stour Valley Railway part 2 Through Time; Clare to Shelford & Audley End. Stroud: Amberley. p. 2. ISBN 9781445604732.
  3. ↑ "Disused Stations - Linton" Disused Stations Site Record;; Retrieved 17 June 2016
  4. ↑ Fay, Stephen (1995). Power Play:The Life and Times of Peter Hall. London: Hodder and Stoughton. p. 25.
  5. ↑ "Peter Hall Biography". filmreference. 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
  6. ↑ Current biography yearbook: Volume 23. H. W. Wilson Co. 1963. p. 179.
  7. ↑ Table 22 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  • Train times and station information for Shelford railway station from National Rail
  • "Estimates of Station Usage". orr.gov.uk. Office of Rail Regulation. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Whittlesford Parkway   Greater Anglia
West Anglia Main Line		   Cambridge
Disused railways
Cambridge
Line and station open		   Great Eastern Railway
Stour Valley Railway		   Pampisford
Line and station closed

Coordinates: 52°08′56″N 0°08′24″E / 52.149°N 0.140°E / 52.149; 0.140


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