RailwayData | Elsenham (Essex) Station
 Elsenham (Essex) 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Elsenham (Essex) had 191,746 entries and exits, making it the 1,273rd most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1273/2575
It ranked 719th busiest (out of 997), with 349 scheduled services per week.
719/997
That's a daily average of 525.33 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 10.57 passengers per service, giving it the 897th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
897/1659

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 59,600
Reduced price entries & exits: 61,282
Season ticket entries & exits: 70,864
Total entries & exits: 191,746
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +36,136 : 23.22%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
1 (Up)16560010-car 720 permitted with ASDO operation
2 (Down)16760710-car 720 permitted with ASDO operation
*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
246Cambridge - Stansted - Bishops Stortford - Stratford & LondonOct24
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.

Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023:-8,280 (-4.14%)

Location Details

Location: Elsenham (Essex)
CRS: ESM / NLC: 6832 / TIPLOC(S): ELSENHM
Station Facility Owner: Greater Anglia
OS Grid Ref: 553308 227024
Constituency: Saffron Walden
Local Authority: Essex
NR Region: East of England
ELR: BGK 35m 45ch

Fares

Enter a stations three letter 'CRS' code, it's 4 digit 'NLC' code or 4 or more letters of any UK station, to search the fare manual. For more detail, including historical pricing, restrictions & ticket types, visit our fares & ticketing pages.

Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Elsenham (Essex) during 2022/2023:
•Bishops Stortford (30,394 journeys)
•London Liverpool Street (28,198 journeys)
•Cambridge (9,449 journeys)
•Tottenham Hale (6,983 journeys)
•Newport (Essex) (6,550 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Elsenham (Essex)'s neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Newport (Essex)4.35
Stansted Airport4.33
Stansted Mountfitchet2.20