Potters Bar railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Potters Bar
code = PBR


caption = Looking down Darkes Lane. The railway station is on the left of the picture
manager = First Capital Connect
locale = Potters Bar
latitude = 51.697
longitude = -0.194
borough = Hertsmere
usage0405 = 1.440
usage0506 = 1.445
usage0607 = 1.604
platforms = 4
start = August 1850
Rail crash February 1946
Station rebuilt 1954
Rail crash May 2002

Potters Bar railway station serves the town of Potters Bar in Hertfordshire, England.

ervices

Mondays-Fridays
*2 trains per hour (tph) to London King's Cross, calling only at Finsbury Park
*3 tph to London Moorgate, calling at Hadley Wood, New Barnet, Oakleigh Park, New Southgate, Alexandra Palace, Hornsey, Harringay, Finsbury Park, Drayton Park, Highbury and Islington, Essex Road and Old Street
*3 tph to Welwyn Garden City, calling at Brookmans Park, Welham Green and Hatfield
*1 tph to Cambridge, calling at Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn North, Knebworth, Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth Garden City, Baldock, Ashwell and Morden, Royston, Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton
*1 tph to Peterborough, calling at Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn North, Knebworth, Stevenage, Hitchin, Arlesey, Biggleswade, Sandy, St Neots and Huntingdon

Saturdays
*4 tph to London King's Cross, of which:
**2 call only at Finsbury Park
**2 call at all stations (as per the Moorgate service above)
*2 tph to Welwyn Garden City as above
*1 tph to Cambridge as above
*1 tph to Peterborough as above

Sundays
*3 tph to London King's Cross, of which:
**1 calls only at Finsbury Park
**2 call at all stations (as per Saturdays)
*2 tph to Welwyn Garden City as above
*1 tph to Cambridge as above

Miscellaneous

Potters Bar station is the highest on the East Coast Mainline between London (King's Cross railway station) and York.

Potters Bar rail crashes

Potters Bar has been the site of two major train crashes. On 10 February 1946 a three-train crash resulted in 2 fatalities and 17 people were hospitalized. The derailment of a fast train on 10 May 2002 resulted in 7 fatalities and 76 injured.

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