![]() Audley End railway station in 2012 | |
General information | |
Location | Wendens Ambo, District of Uttlesford England |
Coordinates | 52°00′16″N0°12′26″E / 52.0045°N 0.2073°E Coordinates: 52°00′16″N0°12′26″E / 52.0045°N 0.2073°E |
Grid reference | TL516363 |
Managed by | 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 |
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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 Greater Anglia.
There was a platform at the eastern end of the station ( 52°00′15″N0°12′28″E / 52.0043°N 0.2077°E ) for a branch line to Saffron Walden that was closed in 1964.
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.
Most services at Audley End are operated by Greater Anglia using Class 720 EMUs and Class 755 bi-mode trains.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [1]
During the peak hours,a number of services from London continue beyond Cambridge North to Ely and King's Lynn.
The station is also served by a small number of early morning and late evening CrossCountry operated services between Stansted Airport,Cambridge and Birmingham New Street.
Preceding station | ![]() | Following station | ||
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Newport or Bishop's Stortford | Greater Anglia | Great Chesterford or Whittlesford Parkway | ||
Greater Anglia Stansted Airport Branch | ||||
CrossCountry Limited Service | ||||
Disused railways | ||||
Saffron Walden | Great Eastern Railway | Terminus |
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