Hatfield railway station
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Hatfield | |||
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Place | Hatfield | ||
Local authority | Welwyn Hatfield | ||
Operations | |||
Station code | HAT | ||
Managed by | First Capital Connect | ||
Platforms in use | 3 | ||
Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
2004/05 * | 1.407 million | ||
2005/06 * | 1.430 million | ||
National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hatfield from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Hatfield railway station serves the town of Hatfield in Hertfordshire. The station is 18 miles north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line. The station is managed and served by First Capital Connect.
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[edit] History
Hatfield was the junction for a now closed branch line to Dunstable Town. It was also the junction of a second railway that ran to St Albans Abbey. Both branch lines were closed in the 1960s under the Beeching Axe. The route of the St Albans Abbey line is now a public footpath, the Alban Way, while the closure of the Dunstable Town line has left Dunstable as one of the largest towns in England without a direct rail connection.
Hatfield was also the scene of a train accident in October 2000, when a GNER high speed train de-railed, killing four people and injuring 70 more.
[edit] Service
Daytimes there is generally a half-hourly fast service to London Kings Cross southbound and service every 20 minutes stopping service to Moorgate Monday to Fridays and half-hourly on weekends to Kings Cross.
Northbound there is an half-hourly service to Stevenage and hourly to Cambridge and Peterborough respectively. There is also a stopping service to Welwyn Garden City.
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[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Hatfield railway station from National Rail
Preceding station | First Capital Connect | Following station | ||
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towards London King's Cross
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Great Northern semi-fast |
towards Cambridge or Peterborough
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towards London King's Cross
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Great Northern stopping |
towards Cambridge
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towards London King's Cross or London Moorgate
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Great Northern stopping |