Hertford North railway station

Hertford North National Rail
The street-level entrance to the station
Location
Place Hertford
Local authority District of East Hertfordshire
Coordinates 51°47′56″N 0°05′30″W / 51.7988°N 0.0918°W / 51.7988; -0.0918Coordinates: 51°47′56″N 0°05′30″W / 51.7988°N 0.0918°W / 51.7988; -0.0918
Grid reference TL316128
Operations
Station code HFN
Managed by Great Northern
Number of platforms 3
DfT category C2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 1.338 million
2013/14 Increase 1.373 million
2014/15 Increase 1.429 million
2015/16 Increase 1.520 million
2016/17 Increase 1.616 million
History
Key dates Opened 2 June 1924 (2 June 1924)
Original company London and North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping London and North Eastern Railway
2 June 1924 Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Hertford North from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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View southwards from the Down platform in 1959

Hertford North railway station is one of two stations serving the town of Hertford in Hertfordshire, England, the other being Hertford East railway station.

Hertford North is about ten minutes walk from the town centre in North Road and opened on 2 June 1924, replacing the similarly named station (known until 1923 as Hertford Cowbridge) on the branch from Hatfield.[1] It is 19 miles 48 chains (31.54 km) down the line from London King's Cross on the Hertford Loop Line[2] which provides a diversion from the East Coast Main Line from Alexandra Palace to Langley Junction just south of Stevenage. Stations on the line include Stevenage, Watton-at-Stone, Bayford and Cuffley. Trains on this line are run by Great Northern. It has one terminal and two through platforms and features a lift, a small shop, two ticket booths and ticket barriers.

Services

From Monday to Friday there are 4 southbound trains per hour to terminating at London Moorgate; northbound there is two trains per hour to Watton at Stone, with one of those contuining to Stevenage.

At weekends the southbound service has 2tph, while the northbound service is hourly to Stevenage.

The services to London are operated by British Rail Class 313s (soon to be Class 717) and diverted trains when there are engineering works on the East Coast Main Line also run along this line.

Late evening weekday & all weekend services formerly ran to/from London King's Cross (as the Great Northern & City branch was closed at these times), but since the December 2015 timetable change they now serve Moorgate all week (save for the first early morning departure Mon-Sat, which still serves King's Cross).[3]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Bayford   Great Northern
Hertford Loop Line		   Watton-at-Stone
  Historical railways  
Bayford
Line and station open		   London and North Eastern Railway
Hertford Loop Line		   Stapleford
Line open, station closed

Platform Uses

Platform 1 is mainly used for trains to Moorgate, originating in Letchworth Garden City or Stevenage, but can also be used for trains to Letchworth Garden City or Stevenage. Platform 2 is mainly used for trains originating in London proceeding north to Letchworth Garden City or Stevenage, although some trains terminate there before returning to London. Platform 3 is a bay platform used only as a terminus for trains from London.

Proposed developments

Some options of the proposed East West Rail involve reopening a route between Hertford East railway station and Hertford North railway station.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 119. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  2. ↑ Padgett, David (October 2016) [1988]. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (4th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 24A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
  3. ↑ "Office of Rail Regulation December 2015 Timetable Changes" (PDF). 11 December 2015, Retrieved 7 July 2017
  4. ↑ "East West Rail Central Section - Operating Case Discussion Paper" (PDF). 2009-02-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
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