Baldock railway station

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General information
Location	North Hertfordshire
Managed by	First Capital Connect
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BDK
History
Opened	21 October 1850

The station in 1961

Baldock railway station serves the town of Baldock in Hertfordshire, England. It is on the Cambridge Line and is located on the outskirts of Baldock on Station Road.

History

Opened by the Royston and Hitchin Railway, then run by the Great Northern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Services

Daily there are two trains per hour southbound towards London King's Cross and two per hour northbound towards Cambridge.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Letchworth Garden City		First Capital Connect Great Northern semi-fast		Royston
		First Capital Connect Great Northern stopping		Ashwell and Morden

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• Train times and station information for Baldock railway station from National Rail