Stansted Airport railway station
| General information | |||||
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| Location | London Stansted Airport, District of Uttlesford, England | ||||
| Grid reference | TL556235 | ||||
| Managed by | Greater Anglia | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||
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| Station code | SSD | ||||
| Classification | DfT category B | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1991 | ||||
| Original company | British Rail | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| 2024/25 | 10.091 million | ||||
| Interchange | 2,276 | ||||
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Stansted Airport railway station serves London Stansted Airport, in Essex, England. It is the northern terminus of a branch line off the West Anglia Main Line, to which the dedicated Stansted Express service operates. The station lies 36 miles 67 chains (59.3 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street.
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 in 2023-24 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.