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Letchworth Garden City National Rail
Letchworth Garden City
The entrance to the station
Location
Place Letchworth
Local authority North Hertfordshire
Grid reference TL217327
Operations
Station code LET
Managed by First Capital Connect
Owned by Network Rail
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  1.145 million
2005/06 Increase 1.187 million
2006/07 Increase 1.309 million
2007/08 Increase 1.365 million
2008/09 Increase 1.451 million
2009/10 Decrease 1.367 million
2010/11 Increase 1.447 million
History
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
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Letchworth Garden City from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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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 (56 km) north of London King's Cross,[1] and is a stop for services between King's Cross and Cambridge. Trains which serve the station are operated by First Capital Connect.

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[edit] 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.[2] On 18 May 1913, this station was replaced by a new station on a different site.[2] The new station was built in 1912, in the Arts and Crafts style, and has since been Grade II listed.[3]

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[2] as Letchworth, until it regained its current name on 11 June 1999 following a refurbishment scheme.[4]

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

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.

[edit] Services

Daily there are two trains per hour towards London King's Cross and two per hour northbound towards Cambridge. There is also a Monday to Friday hourly service via Hertford North to London Moorgate, which in the evenings runs to London King's Cross instead of Moorgate.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Hitchin   First Capital Connect
Great Northern Semi-Fast
Great Northern Stopping		   Baldock
First Capital Connect
Great Northern Stopping		 Terminus

[edit] References

  1. ^ Yonge, John (September 2006) [1994]. In Jacobs, Gerald. 2: Eastern. Railway Track Diagrams (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 24C. ISBN 0-9549866-2-8. 
  2. ^ a b c 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". 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. 

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


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