St. Neots railway station

St Neots
The entrance to the station
Location
Place St. Neots
Local authority Huntingdonshire
Grid reference TL197607
Operations
Station code SNO
Managed by First Capital Connect
Number of platforms 4
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *   0.716 million
2004/05 * 0.769 million
2005/06 * 0.822 million
2006/07 * 0.889 million
2007/08 * 0.979 million
2008/09 * 1.029 million
2009/10 * 1.001 million
History
Opened 7 August 1850 (7 August 1850)
History
Original company Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British Railways
National Rail - UK railway stations
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at St Neots from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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St Neots Railway Station serves the town of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located to the north-east of the town approximately 1.5 miles from the town centre. The station is approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line. St. Neots is managed and served by First Capital Connect.

The station has two large platforms and 4 main rail lines, a pair of "up and down" slow lines used by stopping services and a pair of "up and down" fast lines used by high speed services passing through, as well as Fast First Capital Connect stopping services that stop there.

Contents

History

The first section of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) - that from Louth to a junction with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway at Grimsby - opened on 1 March 1848, but the southern section of the main line, between Maiden Lane and Peterborough, was not opened until August 1850. St. Neots was one of the original stations, opening with the line on 7 August 1850.[1][2][3]

It was the scene of a derailment of a Scottish night express in 1895.

Facilities

There are both male and female toilet facilities at the station and a newsagent/coffee seller in the ticket hall. A taxi office is situated outside the station, where minicabs can be booked.

St. Neots station has automatic ticket barriers, which were installed in 2008 by First Capital Connect which has led to the station being staffed for longer hours, and the station also has help points throughout.

Services

St. Neots station is served by a half-hourly service southbound to London Kings Cross and northbound to Peterborough. There is an hourly service in each direction on Sundays. There are also extra services during the peak that run fast and direct to/from Kings Cross as well as some that additionally call at Biggleswade, then are fast to Kings Cross, and these services usually take around 40 minutes to Kings Cross.[4]

Significant changes were made to the service and timetables from 17 May 2009, with additional carriages being added to some peak morning and evening trains, together with extra stops on peak services[5].

First Capital Connect Timetables for St. Neots can be seen and downloaded here.

The station is also served by several buses, with routes to St Neots town centre, Eaton Ford, Eaton Socon, Little Paxton, Great Paxton, Cambridge, Cambourne and Eynesbury[6].

Plans for the station

There are plans to provide a new bridge and lifts to the platforms, access to the station from both sides of the track, additional car parking and a bus interchange as part of the Loves Farm homes development[7] as currently access to all four platforms is via stairs and a bridge, and as such they are inaccessible to disabled people.

Ticket Office Opening Times & Station Staffing Hours

Below are the current opening and staffing times for St. Neots, as of 2010.[8]

Ticket Office Hours
Day Opens Closes
Monday to Friday 06:15 19:10
Saturday 07:30 13:55
Sunday 08:10 14:35
Station Staffing Hours
Day From Until
Monday to Friday 06:00 19:30
Saturday 07:15 14:25
Sunday 07:55 14:55

Gallery

Route

Preceding station National Rail Following station
First Capital Connect
Great Northern Peterborough Line
Historical railways
Line open, station closed
 Great Northern Railway
Line open, station closed

References

  1. ^ Gordon, W.J. (1989) [1910]. Our Home Railways. London: Bracken Books. volume II, p. 44. ISBN 1 85170 314 4. 
  2. ^ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 135. CN 8983. 
  3. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 204. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508. 
  4. ^ http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?sEvent=Timetables&crs_code=SNO
  5. ^ http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?iCmsPageId=453
  6. ^ Cambridgeshire County Council. "Bus Timetables". http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/bus_timetables/Bustimetabbusno.htm.  Stagecoach Bus. "Bus Timetables". http://www.stagecoachbus.com/cambridge/timetables.php?depart=&arrive=&service=3325. 
  7. ^ St Neots Town Crier. "ON THE RIGHT LINES". http://www.towncriertoday.co.uk/news/ON-THE-RIGHT-LINES.2017948.jp. 
  8. ^ http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?sEvent=StationInfo&crs_code=SNO

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