Foxton railway station
Foxton  | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Platform 1, for London Kings Cross | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Foxton, South Cambridgeshire England | ||||
| Grid reference | TL409487 | ||||
| Managed by | Great Northern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | FXN | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 April 1852 | Station opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2017/18 |  102,170 | ||||
| 2018/19 |  101,990 | ||||
| 2019/20 | 105,404 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 30,564 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 75,252 | ||||
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Foxton railway station serves the village of Foxton in Cambridgeshire, England. It is 50 miles 77 chains (50.96 miles, 82.02 km) from London King's Cross.[1] The station is operated by Great Northern.
It is located adjacent to the busy A10 level crossing, which is monitored from the nearby signal box. A freight-only branch (the Barrington Light Railway) diverges to the west beyond the crossing south of the station, serving the nearby Barrington cement works & quarry.[2]
Services
All services at Foxton are operated by Great Northern or Thameslink using Class 387 or Class 700 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]
- 1 tph to London King's Cross
- 1 tph to Cambridge
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to 2 tph in each direction.
Platform 2 (for trains to Cambridge) was extended in Summer 2017 to allow 8-car trains to call without straddling the level crossing behind.[4] Platform 1 was not lengthened, as it is located before the crossing and 8-car trains use Selective door operation to open the doors on the front four carriages only.[5]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Northern | ||||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Shepreth | British Railways |
Harston | ||
References
- ^ Padgett, David (October 2016) [1988]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (4th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 24C. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
- ^ "DB Schenker Rail UK runs first service to Barrington Quarry" Archived 16 September 2016 at the Wayback MachineDB Cargo; Retrieved 23 August 2016
- ^ Table 25 National Rail timetable, May 2023
- ^ "Platform extensions in South Cambridgeshire - Thameslink Programme". Thameslink Programme. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Praise for platform extensions at Shepreth and Foxton but rail bosses say Meldreth work not needed". Royston Crow. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
External links
- Train times and station information for Foxton railway station from National Rail
52°07′08″N 0°03′25″E / 52.119°N 0.057°E
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