Whittlesford Parkway railway station
Whittlesford Parkway 
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The station building
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| Location | |
| Place | Whittlesford |
| Local authority | District of South Cambridgeshire |
| Grid reference | TL484472 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WLF |
| Managed by | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.344 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.397 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.432 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.455 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.493 million |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whittlesford Parkway from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Whittlesford Parkway railway station serves the nearby village of Whittlesford in Cambridgeshire, England. It is also near to the villages of Sawston and Duxford and the Imperial War Museum Duxford. The 13th century Duxford Chapel is on the station road just east of the station.
The station opened in 1845 and was rebuilt between 1877 and 1890.
In May 2007, the station was renamed from Whittlesford to Whittlesford Parkway.
Three trains per hour call at the station each way throughout the week, with extra trains at weekday peak times. Two run southbound to London Liverpool Street via Tottenham Hale - one is a semi-fast service calling at principal stations only whilst the other serves most intermediate stations then Cheshunt and Tottenham Hale. The third is a semi-fast service to Audley End and Stansted Airport, which only runs during the daytime on weekdays but all day on Saturdays & Sundays. Northbound there are two non-stop trains each hour to Cambridge (one in the evenings on weekdays) and a third that calls at Shelford. A limited number of weekday peak trains continue onwards from Liverpool Street to Ely and Kings Lynn.
Coordinates: 52°06′14″N 0°09′58″E / 52.104°N 0.166°E
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