Stansted Airport railway station
Stansted Airport 
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| Location | |
| Place | London Stansted Airport |
| Local authority | District of Uttlesford |
| Grid reference | TL556235 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SSD |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | B |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 3.724 million |
| 2012/13 |
3.693 million |
| 2013/14 |
3.686 million |
| 2014/15 |
 4.502 million |
| 2015/16 |
6.013 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1991 |
| Original company | British Rail |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stansted Airport from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Stansted Airport railway station serves London Stansted Airport in Essex, England.
It is situated at the end of a short branch from the West Anglia Main Line. The branch was constructed at a cost of £44 million and opened in 1991 by British Rail, to coincide with the completion of the airport's new terminal building.
Platforms 1 and 3 run the full length of the station and are used for Stansted Express and Cambridge services. The shorter Platform 2 is between these and is used for CrossCountry services.
In December 2011 platform 1 was extended to accommodate two trains simultaneously in combinations of up to 16 coaches, and platform 2 was extended to accommodate four-coach Class 170 trains.
The principal service to Stansted Airport is the Stansted Express, a dedicated airport link service from London Liverpool Street operated by Abellio Greater Anglia which runs every 15 minutes. Abellio Greater Anglia also operates trains to/from Cambridge.
The station is also served by CrossCountry which operates an hourly service to Birmingham New Street via Cambridge, Peterborough and Leicester.
Local services to Liverpool Street and all services to Stratford were withdrawn in December 2011; however Stansted Express plans to introduce direct services to Stratford from 2019.
Station platforms in 2014
Coordinates: 51°53′20″N 0°15′40″E / 51.889°N 0.261°E
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