Royston railway station

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Royston

The entrance to the station

Location

Place

Royston

Local authority

North Hertfordshire

Operations

Station code

RYS

Managed by

First Capital Connect

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

1.027 million

2005/06 *

1.061 million

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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 Royston from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Royston railway station serves the town of Royston in Hertfordshire, England. The station is 72 km (45 miles) north east of London Kings Cross and 21 km (13 miles) west of Cambridge on First Capital Connect's "London King's Cross to Cambridge Line".

Electric trains from Kings Cross used to terminate at Royston with a diesel train connecting passengers onwards to Cambridge. From 1988 the whole line from London to Cambridge was electrified ^[1].

[edit] Services

From Royston there is a half-hourly service daily to London Kings Cross westbound and to Cambridge eastbound.

Preceding station		First Capital Connect		Following station
Baldock towards London King's Cross		Great Northern semi-fast		Cambridge Terminus
Ashwell and Morden towards London King's Cross		Great Northern stopping		Meldreth towards Cambridge