Hatfield | |
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Location | Hatfield |
Local authority | Borough of Welwyn Hatfield |
Grid reference | TL232087 |
Managed by | Great Northern |
Station code | HAT |
DfT category | C2 |
Number of platforms | 3 |
Accessible | Yes |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2018–19 | 2.360 million [1] |
2019–20 | 2.340 million [1] |
2020–21 | 0.591 million [1] |
2021–22 | 1.552 million [1] |
2022–23 | 2.188 million [1] |
Railway companies | |
Original company | Great Northern Railway |
Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
Key dates | |
7 August 1850 | Station opened |
September 2013 | Station redevelopment began |
17 November 2014 | Multi-storey Car Park opened |
Other information | |
External links | |
Coordinates | 51°45′50″N 0°12′58″W / 51.764°N 0.216°W |
London transport portal |
Hatfield railway station serves the town of Hatfield in Hertfordshire, England. The station is managed by Great Northern. It is 17 miles 54 chains (28.4 km) measured from London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line. [2]
Hatfield was formerly the junction of a branch to St Albans. The Hatfield and St Albans Railway closed to passenger traffic in 1951 as part of postwar economies brought in by the British Transport Commission. [3] The route of the line is now a public footpath, the Alban Way.
Hatfield has waiting rooms on all platforms, with extra shelters provided at various points along the platforms, as well as a canopy on Platform 1. There is a small café-shop style business, "Chuggs" on Platform 1, and three new retail units which opened in the new station building. There are three platform faces in total - platform 1 is a side platform facing the Up Slow line & used by London-bound trains (there is no platform on the Up Fast line), whilst platforms 2 & 3 face the Down Fast and Down Slow lines respectively; the latter is used by the majority of northbound trains.
The station has a "Fast-Ticket" machine, as well as a standard touchscreen machine on either side of the building. Hatfield also has many vending machines throughout the station and a photo booth inside the booking hall, which also contains male/female toilets and a separate disabled toilet. Ticket barriers are in operation.
Services at Hatfield are operated by Thameslink and Great Northern using Class 700 and 717 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: [8]
During the peak hours, the service to Letchworth Garden City is extended to Cambridge and the service between Moorgate and Welwyn Garden City is increased to 4 tph.
In addition, during peak hours a 2 tph Thameslink service operates to and from Sevenoaks via the Thameslink Core.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Great Northern (London King's Cross to Letchworth Garden City or to Cambridge)
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Thameslink | ||||
Disused railways | ||||
Line and station closed | London and North Eastern Railway | Terminus |
Hatfield Station was redeveloped in 2013—15 to include a new bus interchange and taxi rank, multi-storey car park, refurbished ticket office, three new retail units and step-free access to all platforms. [9]
Work on the project, which was to cost £9 million, [10] began in 2013 and was completed by the end of 2015.
The new multi-storey car park opened on 17 November 2014. [11]
Three fatal rail crashes have occurred near Hatfield: