Saffron Walden railway station served the town of Saffron Walden, in Essex, England, between 1865 and 1964. It lay down the line from , on the Saffron Walden Railway branch line between and .
History The station was opened by the Saffron Walden Railway on 23 November 1865 and it was initially the branch line's terminus as Bartlow station had not yet been completed.
After the Second World War, railway traffic began to decline and, by the 1950s, the increase in car ownership led to a dramatic loss of revenue. The line and the station were closed to passengers on 7 September 1964 and to freight three months later.
The site today The station yard has been developed for housing, with the station building being retained and converted into private dwellings; a housing access road runs along the trackbed.
Since the station's closure, the nearest station to Walden is Audley End which lies on the West Anglia Main Line.
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Saffron Walden station on a navigable 1946 O.S. map