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 Whittlesford Parkway 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Whittlesford Parkway had 376,432 entries and exits, making it the 892nd most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
892/2575
It ranked 461st busiest (out of 997), with 713 scheduled services per week.
461/997
That's a daily average of 1031.32 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 10.15 passengers per service, giving it the 917th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
917/1659

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

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 93,170
Reduced price entries & exits: 202,816
Season ticket entries & exits: 80,446
Total entries & exits: 376,432
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +84,624 : 29.00%
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)254923
2 (Down)254923
*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
225Peterborough - Ely - Cambridge & StanstedOct24
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: +202,613 (+116.57%)

Reasons for change:
2012-13 Reason for increase unclear

Location Details

Location: Whittlesford Parkway
CRS: WLF / NLC: 7047 / TIPLOC(S): WTLESFD
Station Facility Owner: Greater Anglia
OS Grid Ref: 548430 247261
Constituency: South Cambridgeshire
Local Authority: Cambridgeshire
NR Region: East of England
ELR: BGK 49m 01ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Whittlesford Parkway during 2022/2023:
•London Liverpool Street (80,780 journeys)
•Cambridge (53,593 journeys)
•Tottenham Hale (18,218 journeys)
•Cambridge North (6,107 journeys)
•Stansted Airport (3,791 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Whittlesford Parkway's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Great Chesterford3.31
Shelford (Cambs)3.43