Stansted Airport railway station
You can reach 49 stations directly from Stansted Airport on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is London Liverpool Street, with 148 trains a day.
See Stansted Airport on the map
Stansted Airport is the nearest station for postcodes in CM22, CM6. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Stansted Airport
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Liverpool Street | 148 | 157 | 146 |
| Tottenham Hale | 146 | 164 | 141 |
| Harlow Town | 96 | 77 | 80 |
| Bishop's Stortford | 90 | 83 | 82 |
| Cambridge | 64 | 70 | 43 |
| Cambridge South | 64 | 70 | 43 |
| Ely | 52 | 61 | 33 |
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 38 | 38 | 37 |
| Birmingham New Street | 31 | 30 | 9 |
| Coleshill Parkway | 31 | 30 | 9 |
| Leicester | 31 | 30 | 9 |
| March | 31 | 30 | 9 |
| Melton Mowbray | 31 | 30 | 9 |
| Nuneaton | 31 | 30 | 9 |
| Oakham | 31 | 30 | 9 |
| Peterborough | 31 | 30 | 9 |
| Stamford | 31 | 30 | 9 |
| Audley End | 28 | 33 | 29 |
| Whittlesford Parkway | 25 | 32 | 29 |
| Cheshunt | 22 | 20 | 3 |
| Attleborough | 21 | 31 | 24 |
| Brandon | 21 | 31 | 24 |
| Cambridge North | 21 | 31 | 24 |
| Norwich | 21 | 31 | 24 |
| Thetford | 21 | 31 | 24 |
| Wymondham | 21 | 31 | 24 |
| Manea | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Narborough | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Hinckley | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Whittlesea | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Broxbourne | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Sawbridgeworth | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| South Wigston | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashchurch for Tewkesbury | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brundall | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bristol Parkway | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheltenham Spa | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cantley | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Eccles Road | 1 | 3 | 0 |
and 9 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Stansted Airport is
10,090,904 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 50th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 2,276 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Stansted Airport and London Liverpool Street than any other pair: 6,465,414 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: 29 stations instead of 49, a drop of about 41%. Saturday runs to 49.
Changing from 3 March 2027
From 3 March 2027, Stansted Airport gains 1 destination including Seven Sisters.
Nearest other stations
- Elsenham 2.6 miles
- Stansted Mountfitchet 2.8 miles
- Bishop's Stortford 4.4 miles
- Newport 6.6 miles
- Sawbridgeworth 6.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Stansted Airport, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Gates 20-39 · 0.3 miles
- Gates 1-19 · 0.3 miles
- Takeley · 1.6 miles
- Stane Street Halt · 1.6 miles
- Mill Road Halt · 2.5 miles
- Henham Halt · 2.9 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.