It is 52 miles 36 chains (84.4 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated between Whittlesford Parkway and Cambridge.

This was used by through holiday trains between Clacton-on-Sea and the Midlands in LNER and British Rail days but then fell victim to the Beeching Axe, closing to all traffic on 6 March 1967.

[4][5][6] All services at Shelford are operated by Greater Anglia using Class 720 EMUs.

The station is also served by a small number of peak hour services to and from Ely.

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