Place Whittlesford Station code WLF DfT category E | Grid reference TL484472 Managed by Abellio Greater Anglia 2011/12 0.344 million Number of platforms 2 | |
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Address Whittlesford, Cambridge CB22 4PL, United Kingdom Similar Audley End railway station, Shelford railway station, Great Chesterford railway st, Newport (Essex) railway st, Elsenham railway station | ||
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.
Services
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.