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The newly-opened station. The construction of the station and its branch line was part of the development of Stansted into London's third airport. In June 1985, the UK Parliament approved the expansion of the airport, and in November 1985, British Rail submitted a proposal for a rail link to the airport, [3] which included a new double-track branch line connecting to the West Anglia Main Line ...
Interior of the Stansted Express Class 379. In 1986, British Rail (BR) extended the electrification of the West Anglia Main Line from Bishop's Stortford to Cambridge.Included in this plan was the construction of a new branch line—diverging from a triangular junction at Stansted Mountfitchet—to serve Stansted Airport, at which a new terminal was to open in 1991 providing for a large ...
Birmingham New Street – Stansted Airport; Cardiff Central – Birmingham New Street – Nottingham; Liverpool Lime Street – Nottingham – Norwich; From 2003 onwards, the Central Citylink brand name was used by Central Trains to differentiate its long-distance and regional express routes from local services. The brand was used in timetables ...
The former signal box, closed in June 2012. As of February 2023, on Saturdays there is one train to Stansted Airport departing at 11:13 and one train to Norwich departing at 15:50, and on Sundays there are three trains to Stansted Airport and four to Norwich.
Stansted Mountfitchet railway station is a stop on the West Anglia Main Line, serving the village of Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex, England.It is 33 miles 28 chains (53.7 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Bishop's Stortford and Elsenham on the main line; Stansted Airport station follows on the airport branch.
The Reading to Heathrow RailAir bus allows connection from cities such as Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth and South Wales to Heathrow Airport without having to change at London Paddington. However, it is possible to change trains at Hayes & Harlington and go by train instead, a change at Reading being also required for this service.
The West Anglia Main Line is one of the two main line railways that operate out of Liverpool Street (the other being the Great Eastern Main Line to Ipswich and Norwich).It runs generally north through Cheshunt, Broxbourne, Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Audley End (near Saffron Walden) to Cambridge, with branches between serving Stratford, Hertford and Stansted Airport.
Stansted Airport railway station is situated in the terminal building directly below the main concourse. [172] Services to London are on the Stansted Express train to and from Liverpool Street in Central London. This service operates every 15 minutes and the usual journey time is between 45 and 53 minutes.