Shelford railway station

Shelford railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the villages of Great Shelford, Little Shelford and Stapleford in Cambridgeshire, England. It is 52 miles 36 chains (84.4 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Whittlesford Parkway and Cambridge. Its three-letter station code is SED.

Shelford
Location	Great Shelford, District of South Cambridgeshire England
Grid reference	TL465522
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SED
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1845
Passengers
2015/16	0.175 million
2016/17	0.182 million
2017/18	0.205 million
2018/19	0.207 million
2019/20	0.216 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station and all trains calling are operated by Greater Anglia.

History

The station was opened by the Eastern Counties Railway in 1845[1] and later became a junction with the opening of the Stour Valley Railway from Haverhill on 1 June 1865.[2] The subsequent completion of the line onwards to Sudbury a few months later created a through link with Colchester on the Great Eastern Main Line. This was used by through holiday trains between Clacton-on-Sea and the Midlands in LNER and British Rail days but then fell victim to the Beeching Axe, closing to all traffic on 6 March 1967.[3] However, the line between Sudbury and Marks Tey is still in use today.

Eminent theatre director Sir Peter Hall lived here in his early life when his father Reginald Hall was the stationmaster.[4][5][6]

Services

A train leaves hourly in each direction off-peak and half-hourly during the peak.[7]

1tph to Liverpool Street

1tph to Cambridge North

References

1. "Great Shelford conservation area" (PDF). scambs.gov.uk. South Cambridgeshire District Council. 2007. p. 5. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
2. Wallis, Andy T (2011). Stour Valley Railway part 2 Through Time; Clare to Shelford & Audley End. Stroud: Amberley. p. 2. ISBN 9781445604732.
3. "Disused Stations - Linton" Disused Stations Site Record;; Retrieved 17 June 2016
4. Fay, Stephen (1995). Power Play:The Life and Times of Peter Hall. London: Hodder and Stoughton. p. 25.
5. "Peter Hall Biography". filmreference. 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
6. Current biography yearbook: Volume 23. H. W. Wilson Co. 1963. p. 179.
7. Table 22 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

• Train times and station information for Shelford railway station from National Rail
• "Estimates of Station Usage". orr.gov.uk. Office of Rail Regulation. Retrieved 14 March 2015.