Stevenage railway station

Stevenage
The station in November 2021 looking north, with the new platform 5 on the far left
General information
Location	Stevenage, Borough of Stevenage England
Grid reference	TL234241
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	Great Northern
Platforms	5
Connections	Local Buses Regional Buses Local Taxis
Other information
Station code	SVG
Classification	DfT category C1
History
Opened	23 July 1973
Key dates
8 August 1850	Original station opened by GNR
22 July 1973	Station closed
23 July 1973	Relocated 73 chains(1.5km) south to present location and opened by BR
29 September 1973	Officially opened by Shirley Williams MP
Passengers
2019/20	4.634 million
Interchange	1.654 million
2020/21	1.228 million
Interchange	0.238 million
2021/22	3.385 million
Interchange	0.833 million
2022/23	4.050 million
Interchange	1.957 million
2023/24	4.272 million
Interchange	0.983 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Stevenage railway station serves the town of Stevenage in Hertfordshire, England. The station is around 44.4 kilometres (27.6 miles) north of London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line.^[1] Stevenage is served and managed by Great Northern, who operate Thameslink stopping services southbound to King’s Cross via stations such as Welwyn Garden City and Potters Bar, to Brighton and Horsham via central London and Gatwick Airport and to Moorgate via Watton-at-Stone, Hertford North and Enfield Chase and services northbound to Cambridge and Peterborough. It is also frequently served by London North Eastern Railway, who operate fast non-stopping services southbound towards London and northbound towards cities including York, Leeds and Edinburgh. Hull Trains and Lumo operate very limited services from the station.

The present station was opened for trains on 23 July 1973.^[2] It was officially opened on 26 September 1973 by Shirley Williams,^[3] then MP for Stevenage, replacing the previous station, which was 73 chains (1,500 m) to the north,^[1] and further away from the centre of the new town. The station was built by British Rail.