Stansted Airport railway station
| General information | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | London Stansted Airport, District of Uttlesford England | ||||
| Grid reference | TL556235 | ||||
| Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | SSD | ||||
| Classification | DfT category B | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1991 | ||||
| Original company | British Rail | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 8.475 million | ||||
| Interchange | 2,938 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 0.795 million | ||||
| Interchange | 445 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 3.369 million | ||||
| Interchange | 1,479 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 7.906 million | ||||
| Interchange | 2,583 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 9.281 million | ||||
| Interchange | 2,109 | ||||
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Stansted Airport railway station is a railway station serving London Stansted Airport in Essex, England. The terminus of a dedicated branch line off the West Anglia Main Line, the station is 36 miles 67 chains (59.3 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street station, to which a dedicated service called the Stansted Express operates.
The station and branch line were opened in 1991 by British Rail to coincide with the completion of the airport's new terminal building. With over 9 million passengers from 2023-2024, it is the busiest station in Essex, the second busiest in the East of England, and the sixteenth busiest in the country outside of London.