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General information | |||||
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Location | London Stansted Airport, District of Uttlesford England | ||||
Grid reference | TL556235 | ||||
Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
Platforms | 3 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | SSD | ||||
Classification | DfT category B | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1991 | ||||
Original company | British Rail | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 9.774 million | ||||
Interchange | 26,348 | ||||
2019/20 | 8.475 million | ||||
Interchange | 2,938 | ||||
2020/21 | 0.795 million | ||||
Interchange | 445 | ||||
2021/22 | 3.369 million | ||||
Interchange | 1,479 | ||||
2022/23 | 7.906 million | ||||
Interchange | 2,583 | ||||
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Stansted Airport railway station is on a branch line off the West Anglia Main Line in the East of England and was opened in 1991 to provide a rail link to London Stansted Airport. It is 36 miles 67 chains (59.3 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street station, to which a frequent dedicated service called the Stansted Express operates.
The short branch line was constructed at a cost of £44 million and opened by British Rail to coincide with the completion of the airport's new terminal building.[1]