St. Neots railway station

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St Neots Railway Station serves the town of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located to the east of the town approximately 1.5 miles from the town centre. The station is approximately north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line. St. Neots is managed and served by Great Northern.

The station has two large platforms and 4 main rail lines, a pair of "up and down" slow lines used by stopping services and a pair of "up and down" fast lines used by Fast Great Northern services that stop there during peak times and for high speed services passing through.

History

The first section of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) - that from Louth to a junction with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway at Grimsby - opened on 1 March 1848, but the southern section of the main line, between Maiden Lane and Peterborough, was not opened until August 1850. St. Neots was one of the original stations, opening with the line on 7 August 1850.

It was the scene of a derailment of a Scottish night express in 1895.

Facilities

There are both male and female toilet facilities at the station and a newsagent/coffee seller in the ticket hall. A taxi office is situated outside the station, where minicabs can be booked.

St. Neots station has automatic ticket barriers, which were installed in 2008 by former franchise holder First Capital Connect which has led to the station being staffed for longer hours, and the station also has help points throughout.

Services

St Neots station is served by a half-hourly service southbound to London Kings Cross and northbound to Peterborough. There is an hourly service in each direction on Sundays.

There are extra fast services at peak times to/from Kings Cross, which only call at Biggleswade or/and Stevenage and services stopping at Biggleswade and/or Hitchin. Others also run non-stop to/from London.

The station is also served by several buses, with routes to St Neots town centre, Eaton Ford, Eaton Socon, Loves Farm, Cambridge, and Eynesbury.

Recent developments

A new footbridge opened in February 2014, providing lifts to the platforms and access to the station from both sides of the track including access to the Love's Farm housing development.

Gallery

• St. Neots railway station - geograph.org.uk - 17079.jpg

  Platforms 1 and 2, with the stations buildings & Ticket Office in the background.

Route

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Sandy		Great Northern Great Northern Peterborough Line		Huntingdon
Biggleswade		Great Northern Great Northern fasts		Huntingdon
Hitchin		Great Northern Great Northern fasts		Huntingdon
Stevenage		Great Northern Great Northern fasts		Huntingdon
London Kings Cross		Great Northern Great Northern fasts		Huntingdon
Historical railways
Tempsford Line open, station closed		Great Northern Railway East Coast Main Line		Offord and Buckden Line open, station closed

External links

• Train times and station information for St. Neots railway station from National Rail
• First Capital Connect Timetables for St Neots