Hatfield railway station

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Hatfield
Hatfield Railway Station
Location
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
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* 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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Preceding station   First Capital Connect   Following station
Great Northern semi-fast
Great Northern stopping
towards Cambridge
Great Northern stopping