BISHOP'S STORTFORD RAILWAY STATION

'Bishop's Stortford railway station' serves the town of Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by 'one'; this includes the occasional Stansted Express trains which call there.

Contents

History

Services

External links

Notes

History

The station was opened by the Northern and Eastern railway as a temporary terminus on May 16 1842, and became a through station on July 30 1845 when the line was extended through to Norwich.
Bishop's Stortford was also a junction station for the cross-country route to Dunmow and Braintree, which opened to passengers on February 22 1869 and closed on March 3 1952. The line continued in use for freight trains and occasional excursions, closing in stages with the final section to Easton Lodge closing on February 17 1972.^[1]

Services

The typical off-peak service is:

★ 4 trains per hour (tph) to London Liverpool Street, of which:

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★ 2 call at Tottenham Hale to set down only

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★ 1 calls at Sawbridgeworth, Harlow Town, Broxbourne, Cheshunt and Tottenham Hale

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★ 1 calls at Sawbridgeworth, Harlow Mill, Harlow Town, Roydon, Broxbourne, Cheshunt and Tottenham Hale

★ 1 tph to Stratford, calling at Sawbridgeworth, Harlow Mill, Harlow Town, Roydon, Broxbourne, Cheshunt, Enfield Lock, Northumberland Park and Tottenham Hale

★ 3 tph to Stansted Airport, of which:

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★ 2 run non stop

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★ 1 calls at Stansted Mountfitchet

★ 2 tph to Cambridge, of which:

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★ 1 calls at Audley End, Whittlesford and Shelford

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★ 1 calls at Stansted Mountfitchet, Elsenham, Newport (Essex), Audley End, Great Chesterford and Whittlesford
On Sundays this is reduced to:

★ 3 tph to London, of which:

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★ 2 call at Tottenham Hale only

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★ 1 calls at Sawbridgeworth, Harlow Town, Broxbourne, Cheshunt and Tottenham Hale

★ 1 tph to Stratford, calling at stations as above until Cheshunt, then at Waltham Cross, Enfield Lock, Brimsdown, Ponders End and Tottenham Hale

★ 2 tph to Stansted Airport, of which:

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★ 1 runs non stop

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★ 1 calls at Stansted Mountfitchet

★ 2 tph to Cambridge, of which:

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★ 1 calls at Audley End and Whittlesford

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★ 1 calls at Stansted Mountfitchet, Elsenham, Newport (Essex), Audley End, Great Chesterford, Whittlesford and Shelford

External links

Notes

1. Body, Geoffrey, Railways of the Eastern Region Volume 1: Southern Operating area, page 27, Guild Publishing, 1986