Shelford railway station
You can reach 26 stations directly from Shelford on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Audley End, with 57 trains a day.
Shelford is the nearest station for postcodes in CB22. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Shelford
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audley End | 57 | 41 | 33 |
| Bishop's Stortford | 57 | 41 | 33 |
| Cambridge | 57 | 41 | 33 |
| Cambridge South | 57 | 41 | 33 |
| Great Chesterford | 57 | 41 | 33 |
| Whittlesford Parkway | 57 | 41 | 33 |
| Elsenham | 56 | 41 | 33 |
| Harlow Town | 56 | 40 | 32 |
| London Liverpool Street | 56 | 40 | 32 |
| Newport | 56 | 41 | 33 |
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 55 | 41 | 33 |
| Broxbourne | 54 | 40 | 32 |
| Sawbridgeworth | 53 | 40 | 32 |
| Tottenham Hale | 53 | 40 | 32 |
| Harlow Mill | 47 | 40 | 32 |
| Cheshunt | 44 | 40 | 32 |
| Cambridge North | 41 | 37 | 30 |
| Roydon | 25 | 5 | 1 |
| Brimsdown | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Ely | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Seven Sisters | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Waterbeach | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Enfield Lock | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hackney Downs | 1 | 0 | 31 |
| Ponders End | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Waltham Cross | 1 | 0 | 0 |
How busy Shelford is
221,546 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,334th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Shelford and Cambridge than any other pair: 127,804 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.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 19 stations instead of 26, a drop of about 27%. Saturday runs to 20.
Changing from 17 February 2027
From 17 February 2027, Shelford loses 1 including Hackney Downs.
Nearest other stations
- Cambridge South 1.7 miles
- Cambridge 3.1 miles
- Whittlesford Parkway 3.4 miles
- Foxton 4.1 miles
- Shepreth 5.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Shelford, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Cambridge South · 1.8 miles
- Harston · 2.5 miles
- Cherryhinton · 3.2 miles
- Abington · 3.7 miles
- Bourne Bridge · 3.9 miles
- Pampisford · 3.9 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.