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Letchworth Garden City
The entrance to the station
General information
Location	Letchworth, District of North Hertfordshire England
Grid reference	TL217327
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Great Northern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LET
Classification	DfT category D
Key dates
1903	Opened (restricted service)
15 April 1905	Opened (full service)
18 May 1913	Station relocated
October 1937	Renamed Letchworth
11 June 1999	Renamed Letchworth Garden City
Passengers
2017/18	1.901 million
2018/19	1.857 million
2019/20	1.835 million
2020/21	0.458 million
2021/22	1.189 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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. Electric operation at the station was inaugurated in 1978, as part of the Kings Cross Outer Suburban scheme, though the wires initially ended at Royston. Through electric services to Cambridge began in May 1988.

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

Passenger lifts were installed in two new towers 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

Off-peak, all services at Letchworth Garden City are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 2 tph to London King's Cross (stopping)
• 2 tph to Brighton via London Bridge and Gatwick Airport (semi-fast)
• 3 tph to Cambridge (2 of these run non-stop from Royston and 1 calls at all stations)

During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly service between London King's Cross and King's Lynn. These services run non-stop to and from London King's Cross and are operated using Great Northern using Class 387 EMUs.

On Sundays, the service between Brighton and Cambridge is reduced to hourly.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hitchin		ThameslinkHitchin to Cambridge Line		Baldock
London King's Cross		Great NorthernLondon to King's LynnPeak Hours Only		Royston

In popular culture

Letchworth Station (Oil on canvas, 1911) by Spencer Gore is notable as an early depiction of rail commuters. From the collection of J. Peter W. Cochrane.

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 Referral" (PDF). July 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
4. Mitchell, Vic (2006). Eastern Main Lines: Potters Bar to Cambridge. Midhurst: Middleton Press. p. 64. ISBN 1-904474-70-5.
5. "Cambridge - Its Railways & Station"Disused Stations Site Record; Retrieved 23 August 2016
6. Lucas, Julie (25 October 2013). "Letchworth train station car park closed as work starts on lifts". The Comet. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
7. Davies, Alan (21 July 2013). "The World's End pub crawl locations revealed". Welwyn & Hatfield Times. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
8. Table 25, 52 National Rail timetable, May 2022
9. J.B. Priestley, The Edwardians (1970), p 208. SBN 434 60332 5.

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

• Grade II listed buildings in Hertfordshire
• Railway stations in Hertfordshire
• DfT Category D stations
• Former Great Northern Railway stations
• Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway
• Grade II listed railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1903
• Letchworth
• Buildings and structures in Letchworth