Baldock railway station

Baldock
From the road
Location
Place Baldock
Local authority North Hertfordshire
Grid reference TL245342
Operations
Station code BDK
Managed by First Capital Connect
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 0.377 million
2005/06 * 0.386 million
2006/07 * 0.428 million
2007/08 * 0.420 million
2008/09 * 0.475 million
History
Opened 21 October 1850 (21 October 1850)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Baldock from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Baldock railway station serves the town of Baldock in Hertfordshire, England. It is on the Cambridge Line and is located on the outskirts of Baldock on Station Road.

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History

Opened by the Royston and Hitchin Railway, then run by the Great Northern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Services

Daily there are two trains per hour southbound towards London Kings Cross and two per hour northbound towards Cambridge.

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Letchworth Garden City   First Capital Connect
Great Northern semi-fast
  Royston
First Capital Connect
Great Northern stopping
Ashwell and Morden

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