Stevenage railway station

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Stevenage
Location
Place	Stevenage
Local authority	Stevenage
Operations
Managed by	First Capital Connect
Platforms in use	4
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	3.495 million
2005/06 *	3.539 million
History
Key dates	Opened 23 July 1973
8 August 1850	Original station opened by GNR
22 July 1973	Station closed
23 July 1973	Relocated ½ mile south to present location and opened by BR
29 September 1973	Officially opened by Shirley Williams MP
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stevenage from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Stevenage railway station serves the town of Stevenage in Hertfordshire. It lies on the East Coast Main Line. It is served by trains operated by First Capital Connect (who manage the station) and National Express East Coast, as well as Hull Trains. The present station dates from 1973, replacing the previous station half a mile to the north, which was further away from the centre of the new town.

Contents 1 Services 1.1 First Capital Connect services 1.2 National Express East Coast services 1.3 Hull Trains services 2 Facilities 3 External links

[edit] Services

[edit] First Capital Connect services

Most of the trains serving Stevenage are operated by First Capital Connect, lying on its Great Northern Route from London King's Cross to Peterborough and Cambridge. It is also served by trains between London and Letchworth via Hertford North; these trains use Moorgate station in London on weekdays (except late evenings) and King's Cross at other times.

[edit] National Express East Coast services

Stevenage is also served by some of National Express East Coast's trains on the East Coast Main Line. Typically, these are trains between London King's Cross and Leeds or Newcastle, but also to Edinburgh, and Glasgow.

[edit] Hull Trains services

Hull Trains offer a limited service of 2 trains per weekday northbound and 3 trains per weekday southbound, except bank holidays. They generally run between London and Hull.

[edit] Facilities

The station has separate ticket sales facilities operated by both train operators, but in practice either will sell you each other's tickets, though it is only possible to collect advance purchase tickets from the National Express East Coast office. There is a National Express East Coast FastTrack machine available for picking up tickets. There are gents, ladies and disabled toilets at street level (but not on the platforms), and restricted lift access from the station to the platform. Similarly, both companies have their own separate ticket machines (1 x National Express East Coast, 6 x First Capital Connect).

The station now has ticket barriers, which are being rolled out across the First Capital Connect network, as a revenue protection exercise.

There is also a newsagent, a snack bar, coffee bar, and a dry-cleaner's at street level and two coffee bars at platform level.

Buses 2, 3, 4A, 10, 17, 22, 55, 80, 100, 101, 102, 301, 634, 700, 797, SB1, SB8, SB9, SB15, and SB16 all stop at the station. The station is a short walk on a walkway from Stevenage Bus Station, and is opposite a leisure complex that includes the Gordon Craig Theatre.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Stevenage railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
London King's Cross		First Hull Trains East Coast Main Line Limited service		Grantham
London King's Cross		National Express East Coast East Coast Main Line		Peterborough
First Capital Connect
Knebworth or Finsbury Park towards London King's Cross		Great Northern semi-fast		Hitchin towards Peterborough
Knebworth towards London King's Cross		Great Northern stopping		Hitchin towards Cambridge
Knebworth towards London King's Cross or London Moorgate		Great Northern stopping		Hitchin towards Letchworth Garden City
Watton-at-Stone towards London King's Cross or London Moorgate		Great Northern stopping