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Audley End railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the village of Wendens Ambo and the market town of Saffron Walden in Essex, England. It is 41 miles 55 chains (67.1 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Newport and Great Chesterford stations.
The 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (260 mm)-gauge circuit was built by Lord Braybrooke and was opened on 16 May 1964 by famous racing driver Sir Stirling Moss.The railway runs for 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) through woodland adjacent to Audley End House, former home of the Braybrookes, now in the ownership of English Heritage.
The station and all trains serving it are operated by Greater Anglia. It is sometimes printed as Newport (Essex) on tickets and timetables in order to distinguish it from other similarly-named stations. To the north of the station is the Audley End Viaduct. At 60 feet (18 m) high at its centre it is the tallest viaduct in Essex.
Rail disruption continues with Great Western lines closed due to flooding and landslips, and Northampton station completely off limits
The Saffron Walden Railway was a branch of the Great Eastern Railway between Audley End and Bartlow on the Stour Valley Railway between Shelford to Haverhill, a distance of 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (11.7 km). [1] [2]
It is 45 miles 56 chains (73.5 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Audley End and Whittlesford Parkway stations. Its three-letter station code is GRC. The station and all trains calling are operated by Greater Anglia. The station was once the point where the Newmarket Railway left the London to Cambridge main ...
The station was 43 miles 43 chains (70.07 km) from London Liverpool Street, on the Saffron Walden Railway between Audley End and Bartlow. [3] Present day
On 6th January 1961 D6556 failed on the northbound Fenman and had to be rescued by Class 15 D8236, perhaps the only time that this class hauled a named passenger train. [6] The train then achieved wider notoriety later that month when on 11 January 1961, hauled by Class 31 D5667, it failed on the northbound service just outside Audley End ...
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