Stansted Mountfitchet railway station

Stansted Mountfitchet
Location
Place	Stansted Mountfitchet
Local authority	District of Uttlesford
Grid reference	TL514248
Operations
Station code	SST
Managed by	Abellio Greater Anglia
Number of platforms	2 (Proposed for a third)
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	0.396 million
2011/12	0.458 million
2012/13	0.485 million
2013/14	0.509 million
2014/15	0.527 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1845
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stansted Mountfitchet from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Stansted Mountfitchet railway station serves the village of Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Abellio Greater Anglia.

The station, which was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1845, was originally known simply as Stansted. It was renamed to its current name in 1990 to avoid potential confusion with the forthcoming station at nearby Stansted Airport, although a local resident, Joseph J. Green, requested such a name change as early as 1890.^[1]

The station has services to London Liverpool Street, Cambridge, Stansted Airport and Stratford. All services through this station are operated by Class 379 EMUs and Class 317 EMUs units.

The station building is the original from the opening of the station in 1845. There was a left luggage office on the London bound platform, but this is now boarded up.

The station features a ticket office, passenger information screens and the 'flip clock' from the Network Southeast period on the London bound platform, which is still in working order.

Both platforms were extended to accommodate 12-coach trains in December 2011, though initially no 12-coach trains are scheduled to call.

In popular culture

The station appeared in the episode Judgement of Solomon of the 1990s TV drama Lovejoy.

Gallery

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  The station building on platform 2 (Northbound)
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  Car park

References

1. Stansted Station: A history by Ralph Phillips. Network Southeast 1990

External links

• Train times and station information for Stansted Mountfitchet railway station from National Rail

Coordinates: 51°54′04″N 0°12′00″E / 51.901°N 0.200°E