Great Chesterford railway station

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.

Great Chesterford
The station building
General information
Location	Great Chesterford, District of Uttlesford England
Grid reference	TL504424
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	GRC
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Eastern Counties Railway[1]
Pre-grouping	Great Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
30 July 1845	Opened as Chesterford[1]
1 June 1875	Renamed Great Chesterford[1]
Passengers
2018/19	110,120
2019/20	110,198
2020/21	24,252
2021/22	77,954
2022/23	86,096
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

All services at Great Chesterford are operated by Greater Anglia using Class 720 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[4]

• 1 tph to London Liverpool Street
• 1 tph to Cambridge North

During the peak hours, the service is increased to 2 tph in each direction. The station is also served by a small number of peak hour services to and from Ely.

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 and Chesterford Railway		Terminus

References

1. Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
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 2022

External links

• Train times and station information for Great Chesterford railway station from National Rail

52.060°N 0.194°E / 52.060; 0.194