Potters Bar railway station

Potters Bar
Looking down Darkes Lane. The railway station is on the left of the picture
Location
Place	Potters Bar
Local authority	Hertsmere
Coordinates	51.697°N 0.194°W / 51.697; -0.194
Grid reference	TL249014
Operations
Station code	PBR
Managed by	First Capital Connect
Number of platforms	4
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	1.382 million
2004/05 *	1.440 million
2005/06 *	1.445 million
2006/07 *	1.604 million
2007/08 *	1.681 million
2008/09 *	1.649 million
2009/10 *	1.569 million
History
Opened 7 August 1850 (7 August 1850)
History
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
7 August 1850	Opened as Potter's Bar
1 May 1923	Renamed Potter's Bar and South Mimms
3 May 1971	Renamed Potter's Bar
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Potters Bar from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

FCC Great Northern Route

Legend King's Lynn Watlington Peterborough Downham Market Littleport Ely Huntingdon Waterbeach Cambridge St Neots Foxton Shepreth Sandy Meldreth Royston Biggleswade Ashwell & Morden Baldock Arlesey Letchworth Garden City Hitchin Stevenage Knebworth Watton-at-Stone Welwyn North Hertford North Welwyn Garden City Bayford Hatfield Cuffley Welham Green Crews Hill Brookmans Park Gordon Hill Potters Bar Enfield Chase Hadley Wood Grange Park New Barnet Winchmore Hill Oakleigh Park Palmers Green New Southgate Bowes Park Alexandra Palace Hornsey Harringay Finsbury Park London King's Cross Drayton Park Highbury & Islington Essex Road Old Street Moorgate

Potters Bar railway station serves the town of Potters Bar in Hertfordshire, England. It is located on the Great Northern Line between London Kings Cross and Hatfield on the East Coast Main Line. Potters Bar station is the highest on the East Coast Mainline between (London King's Cross) and York.

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. Potter's Bar was one of the original stations, opening with the line on 7 August 1850.

On 1 May 1923, the station was renamed Potter's Bar and South Mimms; on 3 May 1971 it reverted to its original name of Potter's Bar.

Facilities

Potters Bar station is based on two floors, with the lower level containing the entrance and ticket office, and the upper floor having the platforms on.

On the lower floor, there are four ticket machines, including one "Fast-Ticket" machine, a photo booth, telephone, three ticket counters and a newsagency. There are ticket barriers in front of the ramps to all platforms.

On the upper floor, where the platforms are located, there are canopies running most of the length of both platforms. Each island platform has a help-point. Platforms 1&2 have feature both male and female toilets, as well as a cafe.

Services

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

Timetables for First Capital Connect services that serve the station can be found here.

Bus services

London bus routes 84, 298, 313, school routes 626, 692, 699 and other routes.

Potters Bar rail crashes

Main article: Potters Bar rail accidents

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.

Ticket office opening times and station staffing hours

Below are the current opening and staffing times for Potters Bar, as of 2010.

Ticket Office Hours
Day	Opens	Closes
Monday to Friday	06:15	20:10
Saturday	07:15	19:10
Sunday	08:15	19:30

Station Staffing Hours
Day	From	Until
Monday to Friday	06:00	20:30
Saturday	07:00	19:30
Sunday	08:00	19:50

Route

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Finsbury Park		First Capital Connect Peterborough Line		Hatfield
Hadley Wood		First Capital Connect Great Northern Stopping		Brookmans Park

External links

• Train times and station information for Potters Bar railway station from National Rail