Great Chesterford train station
You can reach 24 stations directly from Great Chesterford on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Audley End, with 57 trains a day.
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- 24 direct destinations
- 1,753rd busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Great Chesterford
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audley End | 57 | 79 | 33 |
| Bishop's Stortford | 57 | 41 | 33 |
| Cambridge | 57 | 79 | 33 |
| Cambridge South | 57 | 79 | 33 |
| Shelford | 57 | 79 | 33 |
| Whittlesford Parkway | 57 | 79 | 33 |
| Elsenham | 56 | 79 | 33 |
| Harlow Town | 56 | 40 | 32 |
| London Liverpool Street | 56 | 40 | 32 |
| Newport | 56 | 79 | 33 |
| Tottenham Hale | 56 | 40 | 32 |
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 55 | 41 | 33 |
| Broxbourne | 54 | 40 | 30 |
| Sawbridgeworth | 53 | 40 | 30 |
| Harlow Mill | 47 | 40 | 32 |
| Cheshunt | 44 | 40 | 27 |
| Cambridge North | 40 | 37 | 30 |
| Roydon | 25 | 5 | 3 |
| Brimsdown | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Ely | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Waterbeach | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Enfield Lock | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ponders End | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Waltham Cross | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Lines serving Great Chesterford
Great Chesterford is on the Bethnal Green and King's Lynn Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Great Chesterford station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Great Chesterford station on 26 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 5 paths on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 2 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Great Chesterford station is
100,560 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,753rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Great Chesterford and Cambridge than any other pair: 41,876 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Great Chesterford gains 1 destination including Seven Sisters.
Nearest other stations
- Whittlesford Parkway 3.2 miles
- Audley End 3.9 miles
- Newport 5.6 miles
- Shelford 6.6 miles
- Foxton 7.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Great Chesterford, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Saffron Walden · 3.5 miles
- Acrow Halt · 3.8 miles
- Pampisford · 4.0 miles
- Linton · 4.1 miles
- Bourne Bridge · 4.2 miles
- Ashdon Halt · 4.3 miles
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Facilities at Great Chesterford station
Great Chesterford is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
WiFi
Cycle parking: 16 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 June 2026.
Getting to Great Chesterford station
Great Chesterford station is in Uttlesford, East of England, and is run by Greater Anglia.
The nearest motorway junction is M11 J9, 0.4 miles south.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Ash Green.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Great Chesterford station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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