Knebworth railway station

Knebworth
Knebworth railway station
Location
Place	Knebworth
Local authority	District of North Hertfordshire
Coordinates	51°52′01″N 0°11′13″W / 51.867°N 0.187°W / 51.867; -0.187Coordinates: 51°52′01″N 0°11′13″W / 51.867°N 0.187°W / 51.867; -0.187
Grid reference	TL249202
Operations
Station code	KBW
Managed by	Great Northern
Number of platforms	4
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	0.328 million
2004/05	0.344 million
2005/06	0.344 million
2006/07	0.392 million
2007/08	0.458 million
2008/09	0.481 million
2009/10	0.472 million
2010/11	0.494 million
2011/12	0.527 million
2012/13	0.551 million
2013/14	0.567 million
2014/15	0.595 million
History
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
1 February 1884 (1884-02-01)	Station 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 Knebworth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Knebworth railway station serves the village of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, England. The station is 25 miles (40 km) north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line. Knebworth station is managed and served by Great Northern.

History

The main line of the Great Northern Railway was completed in 1852.^[1] A station at Knebworth was opened on 1 February 1884.^[2]

Facilities

In 2009 previous franchise holder First Capital Connect installed tactile surfaces to the stations stairways, after it gained funding from the Department for Transport as part of its "Access For All" scheme.^[3]

Services

Legend

Ely

There is a half-hourly service southbound to London King's Cross. Northbound there is an hourly service to Cambridge and Peterborough respectively.^[4]

On Sundays there is at least an hourly service to both London Kings Cross and Cambridge during the day, with additional services on Sunday mornings to London.

Route

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Welwyn North		Great Northern East Coast Main Line		Stevenage

References

↑ Nock, O.S. (1958). The Great Northern Railway. London: Ian Allan. p. 23.
↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 136. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
↑ http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?sEvent=News&sFileName=News.php&iId=143
↑ http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?sEvent=Timetables&crs_code=KBW

External links

Train times and station information for Knebworth railway station from National Rail

Great Northern Route

GN core route stations	King's Cross Finsbury Park Harringay Hornsey Alexandra Palace New Southgate Oakleigh Park New Barnet Hadley Wood Potters Bar Brookmans Park Welham Green Hatfield Welwyn Garden City Welwyn North Knebworth Stevenage Hitchin

Northern City Line	Moorgate Old Street Essex Road Highbury & Islington Drayton Park

Hertford Loop Line	Bowes Park Palmers Green Winchmore Hill Grange Park Enfield Chase Gordon Hill Crews Hill, Cuffley Bayford Hertford North Watton-at-Stone

Peterborough Line	Arlesey Biggleswade Sandy St Neots Huntingdon Peterborough

Hitchin-Cambridge Line	Letchworth Garden City Baldock Ashwell & Morden Royston Meldreth Shepreth Foxton Cambridge

Train operating company	Great Northern (part of Govia Thameslink Railway)

Former operators	West Anglia Great Northern (WAGN) First Capital Connect

Closed line	Varsity Line

Closed stations	Abbots Ripton Denver Enfield Harston Hilgay Holloway and Caledonian Road Holme (Cambridgeshire) Holme (Norfolk) Maiden Lane Offord and Buckden Ouse Bridge Stapleford Stow Bardolph Tempsford Three Counties Yaxley and Farcet

Future stations and infrastructure	Cambridge Science Park Hitchin flyover

Railway stations in Hertfordshire

Abbey Line:

East Coast Main Line:

(from Edinburgh Waverley)
Hitchin
Stevenage
Knebworth
Welwyn North
Welwyn Garden City
Hatfield
Welham Green
Brookmans Park
Potters Bar
(to London King's Cross)

Hertford East Branch Line:

Hertford Loop Line:

Cambridge Line:

(from Cambridge)
Royston
(Ashwell and Morden)
Baldock
Letchworth Garden City
Hitchin

Lea Valley Lines:

Cheshunt via Southbury	(from London Liverpool Street) Theobalds Grove Cheshunt

Hertford East via Tottenham Hale	(from London Liverpool Street) Waltham Cross Cheshunt Broxbourne Rye House St Margarets Ware Hertford East

London to Aylesbury Line:

(from London Marylebone)
Moor Park
Rickmansworth
Chorleywood
(to Aylesbury Vale Parkway)

Thameslink:

(from Bedford)
Harpenden
St Albans City
Radlett
Elstree & Borehamwood
(to Brighton)

Watford DC Line:

West Anglia Main Line:

(from Cambridge)
Bishop's Stortford
Sawbridgeworth
(Harlow Mill
Harlow Town
Roydon)
Broxbourne
Cheshunt
(to London Liverpool Street)

West Coast Main Line :

(from London Euston)
Bushey
Watford Junction
Apsley
Kings Langley
Hemel Hempstead
Berkhamsted
Tring
(to Glasgow Central)

Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Thameslink and Great Northern routes serving this station

Great Northern Peterborough & Cambridge	London King's Cross Finsbury Park Potters Bar Hatfield Welwyn Garden City Welwyn North Knebworth Stevenage Hitchin Arlesey Biggleswade Sandy St. Neots Huntingdon Peterborough Letchworth Garden City Baldock Ashwell & Morden Royston Meldreth Shepreth Foxton Cambridge

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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