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Letchworth Garden City station serves the town of Letchworth in Hertfordshire, England. The station is on the Cambridge Line 34 miles 50 chains (55.7 km) north of London King's Cross, and is a stop for services between King's Cross and Cambridge. Trains which serve the station are operated by Great Northern.

History

The first station known as Letchworth Garden City was opened in 1903, with a restricted service; it gained a full passenger service on 15 April 1905. On 18 May 1913, this station was replaced by a new station on a different site. The new station was built in 1912, in the Arts and Crafts style, and has since been Grade II listed.

The station was originally intended to have two island platforms, giving a total of four platforms. However, since its opening only two platforms have been used. It was known from October 1937 as Letchworth, until it regained its current name on 11 June 1999 following a refurbishment scheme.

The platforms were extended initially for 8 carriages, and further extended in December 2011 for 12 carriage trains.

Passenger lifts started being installed in two new towers in December 2013, with work expected to be completed in March 2014.

To the north of the station are the sidings where trains starting or terminating at Letchworth are cleaned and stabled.

Ticket barriers are in operation.

The station was used as a filming location for the 2013 film The World's End; it was converted into a pub named "The Hole in the Wall".

Services

Daily (including Sundays) there are two trains per hour towards London King's Cross and two per hour northbound towards Cambridge - one limited stop semi-fast service and one stopper serving all stations northbound and most major stations southbound.

There is also a Monday to Friday hourly service via Hertford North to London Moorgate that starts at Letchworth, which at weekday nights runs to London King's Cross instead of Moorgate. Certain weekday peak period and evening services beyond Cambridge to/from Ely & Kings Lynn also call, along with a few trains that start or terminate at Royston.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hitchin or London Kings Cross		Great Northern Great Northern Express		Baldock or Royston
Hitchin		Great Northern Great Northern Suburban services		Terminus

References

1. Yonge, John (September 2006) . Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). 2: Eastern. Railway Track Diagrams (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 24C. ISBN 0-9549866-2-8.
2. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 142. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
3. "Planning Committee Refereal" (PDF). July 2007. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
4. Mitchell, Vic (2006). Eastern Main Lines: Potters Bar to Cambridge. Midhurst: Middleton Press. p. 64. ISBN 1-904474-70-5.
5. Lucas, Julie (25 October 2013). "Letchworth train station car park closed as work starts on lifts". The Comet. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
6. http://www.whtimes.co.uk/what-s-on/the_world_s_end_pub_crawl_locations_revealed_1_2289823. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
7. GB National Rail Timetable 2013-14, Table 25

External links

• Train times and station information for Letchworth Garden City railway station from National Rail

51°58′51″N 0°13′40″W / 51.980721°N 0.227677°W / 51.980721; -0.227677

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