Audley End railway station


Audley End railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the village of Wendens Ambo and the town of Saffron Walden in Essex, England. It is down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and stations. Its three-letter station code is AUD.
The station is managed by Greater Anglia.
There was a platform at the eastern end of the station for a branch line to Saffron Walden that was closed in 1964.

History

The station was opened in 1845 by the Eastern Counties Railway, which was absorbed into the Great Eastern Railway, and became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the grouping of 1923. The station passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
The station was served by Network SouthEast when BR sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, until it was privatised.
Audley End station's name was changed on signs to Audley End for Saffron Walden in 2012. Sir Alan Haselhurst, MP for Saffron Walden, unveiled the re-branded signs on Friday 25 May.

Services

Audley End is served by trains operated by both Greater Anglia and CrossCountry. As of the December 2019 timetable change, off peak services at the station in trains per hour are:
Greater Anglia
CrossCountry