Hatfield railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Hatfield


manager = First Capital Connect
code = HAT
locale = Hatfield
borough = Welwyn Hatfield
usage0405 = 1.407
usage0506 = 1.430
usage0607 = 1.642
platforms = 3
start =

Hatfield railway station serves the town of Hatfield in Hertfordshire. The station is 18 miles north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line. The station is managed and served by First Capital Connect.

History

Hatfield was the junction for a now closed branch line to Dunstable Town. It was also the junction of a second railway that ran to St Albans Abbey. Both branch lines were closed in the 1960s under the Beeching Axe. The route of the St Albans Abbey line is now a public footpath, the Alban Way, while the closure of the Dunstable Town line has left Dunstable as one of the largest towns in England without a direct rail connection.

Hatfield was also the scene of a train accident in October 2000, when a GNER high speed train de-railed, killing four people and injuring 70 more.

ervice

Daytimes there is generally a half-hourly fast service to London Kings Cross southbound and service every 20 minutes stopping service to Moorgate Monday to Fridays and half-hourly on weekends to Kings Cross.

Northbound there is an half-hourly service to Stevenage and hourly to Cambridge and Peterborough respectively. There is also a stopping service to Welwyn Garden City.

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