Shelford train station
You can reach 24 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 | 29 |
| Bishop's Stortford | 57 | 41 | 29 |
| Cambridge | 57 | 41 | 29 |
| Cambridge South | 57 | 41 | 29 |
| Great Chesterford | 57 | 41 | 29 |
| Whittlesford Parkway | 57 | 41 | 29 |
| Elsenham | 56 | 41 | 29 |
| Harlow Town | 56 | 40 | 28 |
| London Liverpool Street | 56 | 40 | 28 |
| Newport | 56 | 41 | 29 |
| Tottenham Hale | 56 | 40 | 28 |
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 55 | 41 | 29 |
| Broxbourne | 54 | 40 | 28 |
| Sawbridgeworth | 53 | 40 | 28 |
| Harlow Mill | 47 | 31 | 28 |
| Cheshunt | 44 | 35 | 28 |
| Cambridge North | 40 | 37 | 28 |
| Roydon | 25 | 5 | 1 |
| 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 | 5 | 0 |
How busy Shelford station 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 24, a drop of about 21%. Saturday runs to 22.
Changing from 3 March 2027
From 3 March 2027, Shelford gains 1 destination including Seven Sisters.
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.
- Harston · 2.5 miles
- Cherryhinton · 3.2 miles
- Abington · 3.7 miles
- Bourne Bridge · 3.9 miles
- Pampisford · 3.9 miles
- Lord's Bridge · 4.5 miles
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Facilities at Shelford station
Shelford is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 10:30 · Saturday: closed · Sunday: closed
WiFi
Cycle parking: 6 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 June 2026.
Getting to Shelford station
Shelford station is in South Cambridgeshire, East of England, and is run by Greater Anglia.
The nearest motorway junction is M11 J11 (Westfield), 1.4 miles west.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Shelford 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