Audley End railway station
{{Short description|Railway station in Essex, England}}{{distinguish|text=Lord Braybrooke's miniature railway, the Audley End Railway}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Audley End
| symbol_location = gb
| symbol = rail
| image = Cmglee_Audley_End_station_front.jpg
| caption = Audley End railway station in 2012
| borough = Wendens Ambo, District of Uttlesford
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.0045|0.2073|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| grid_name = Grid reference
| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|TL516363|25|TL516363}}
| manager = Greater Anglia
| platforms = 2
| code = AUD
| classification = DfT category D
| years = 30 July 1845
| events = Opened as Wenden
| years1 = 1 November 1848
| events1 = Renamed Audley End
| mpassengers =
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2019/20 |passengers={{increase}} 1.007 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{decrease}} 7,180}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2020/21 |passengers={{decrease}} 0.173 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{decrease}} 812}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2021/22 |passengers={{increase}} 0.503 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 2,883}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers={{increase}} 0.624 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 3,349}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers={{increase}} 0.751 million |interchange={{pad|1em}}{{increase}} 4,653}}
| footnotes = 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 market town of Saffron Walden in Essex, England. It is {{convert|41|mi|55|chain|km}} down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between {{rws|Newport|Essex}} and {{rws|Great Chesterford}} stations. Its three-letter station code is AUD.
The station is managed by Greater Anglia.
History
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.
From 1865 the station also served as a junction with the branch line to Saffron Walden that began here and extended as far as Bartlow station where it met the Stour Valley Railway, but was closed in 1964. There used to be a platform at the eastern end of the station ({{coord|52.0043|N|0.2077|E|type:railwaystation_region:GB}}) for terminating trains to and from Saffron Walden.
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.
Services
Most services at Audley End are operated by Greater Anglia using {{brc|720}} EMUs and {{brc|755}} bi-mode trains.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:{{NRtimes|May 2022|22, 47}}
- 2 tph to London Liverpool Street (1 semi-fast, 1 stopping)
- 1 tph to {{stnlnk|Stansted Airport}}
- 2 tph to {{stnlnk|Cambridge North}}
- 1 tph to {{stnlnk|Norwich}} via {{stnlnk|Thetford}}
During the peak hours, a number of services from London continue beyond Cambridge North to {{stnlnk|Ely}}.
The station is also served by a small number of early morning and late evening CrossCountry operated services between Stansted Airport and {{stnlnk|Birmingham New Street}}.
{{rail start}}
{{rail line|previous={{stnlnk|Newport|Essex}} or {{stnlnk|Bishop's Stortford}}|next=Great Chesterford or Whittlesford Parkway|route=Greater Anglia
{{smalldiv|West Anglia Main Line}}|col={{NXEA colour}} }}
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{{s-rail-national|hide1=yes|previous=Stansted Airport|next=Cambridge|toc=CrossCountry|route={{smalldiv|Birmingham to Stansted Airport}}|notemid={{smalldiv|Limited Service}}}}
{{Disused Rail Insert}}
{{rail line|previous=Saffron Walden|route=Great Eastern Railway
{{smalldiv|Saffron Walden Railway}}|col={{GER colour}} }}
{{end}}
References
References
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Sources
- {{Butt-Stations}}
- {{Jowett-Nationalised}}
- {{Jowett-Atlas}}
- [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/a/audley_end/index.shtml Sub Brit page about Saffron Walden Platform]
- [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#550,236,1 Station on navigable O.S. map]
External links
{{Commons category|Audley End railway station}}
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{{West Anglia Main Line navbox}}
{{Railway stations served by Abellio Greater Anglia}}
Category:Former Great Eastern Railway stations
Category:Railway stations served by CrossCountry
Category:Railway stations served by Greater Anglia
Category:Railway stations in Essex
Category:DfT Category D stations
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1845
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Category:Grade II listed railway stations