Hitchin railway station

Hitchin
National Rail
The tracks and platform 2
General information
LocationHitchin, North Hertfordshire
England
Grid referenceTL194297
Managed byGreat Northern
Platforms2
Tracks4
Other information
Station codeHIT
ClassificationDfT category C2
History
Original companyGreat Northern Railway
Post-groupingLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
7 August 1850Station opened
Passengers
2019/20Decrease 3.234 million
 Interchange Decrease 0.164 million
2020/21Decrease 0.750 million
 Interchange Decrease 45,488
2021/22Increase 1.981 million
 Interchange Increase 0.102 million
2022/23Increase 2.512 million
 Interchange Decrease 77,171
2023/24Increase 2.682 million
 Interchange Increase 92,948
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
The front entrance to the station in 2017
Auto-train to Bedford in 1955
Double-headed train of bricks off Bedford line in 1957
A 1902 Railway Clearing House map of railways in the vicinity of Hitchin (right)

Hitchin railway station serves the market town of Hitchin in Hertfordshire. It is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north east of the town centre and 31 miles 74 chains (51.4 km) north of London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line.[1]

Until the current Stevenage station opened in 1973, many Intercity services stopped at Hitchin.

In August 2007 Hitchin was awarded Secure Station status after improvements to station security were made by First Capital Connect, including new lighting, extra CCTV and the installation of automatic ticket gates.

  1. ^ Yonge, John (September 2006) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). 2: Eastern. Railway Track Diagrams (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. p. 15 section B. ISBN 0-9549866-2-8.