| Great Chesterford | |
| Symbol Location: | gb |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Borough: | Great Chesterford, District of Uttlesford |
| Country: | England |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Owned: | Network Rail |
| Manager: | Greater Anglia |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Code: | GRC |
| Classification: | DfT category E |
| Original: | Eastern Counties Railway |
| Pregroup: | Great Eastern Railway |
| Postgroup: | London and North Eastern Railway |
| Years: | 30 July 1845 |
| Events: | Opened as Chesterford |
| Years1: | 1 June 1875 |
| Events1: | Renamed Great Chesterford |
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Great Chesterford railway station is on the West Anglia Main Line serving the village of Great Chesterford in Essex, England. It is 45chain56chain down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between and stations. Its three-letter station code is GRC.
The station and all trains calling are operated by Greater Anglia.
The station was once the point where the Newmarket Railway left the London to main line. This route was authorised in 1846, opened on 3 January 1848 for goods and to passengers three days later. The Newmarket branch was an early victim of poor finance leading to closure: it was temporarily closed on 30 June 1850 and reopened on 9 September 1850, but the section between Great Chesterford and was closed permanently on 9 October 1851 with the opening of the direct line between Six Mile Bottom and Cambridge.[1] The next station to the north of Great Chesterford was .[2]
All services at Great Chesterford are operated by Greater Anglia using EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
During the peak hours, the service is increased to 2 tph in each direction. The station is also served by a small number of peak hour services to and from .