Baldock railway station
Baldock | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | District of North Hertfordshire |
| Managed by | Great Northern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | BDK |
| History | |
| Opened | 21 October 1850 |
Baldock railway station serves the town of Baldock in Hertfordshire, England. It is on the Cambridge Line, 36 miles 47 chains (58.9 km) north of London King's Cross,[1] 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.
The station is part of the Thameslink Programme which connects Cambridge to Farringdon, City Thameslink and Blackfriars station via the Great Northern Route. This project went live in 2018.
Services
Daily (including Sundays) there are two trains per hour southbound towards London King's Cross and two per hour northbound towards Cambridge.[2] These trains serve outer-suburban stations on the main line and all stations north of Hitchin; one train per hour travels on to Cambridge North. On weekdays there is an additional semi-fast train each hour, south to Brighton and north to Cambridge. Weekday peak variations see some trains originating/terminating at Royston and through trains to Ely & Kings Lynn. There are also a small number of peak hour trains that start and terminate here from Kings Cross
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Letchworth Garden City | Great Northern peak hours only |
Royston | ||
| Thameslink London to Cambridge | ||||
| Thameslink Brighton to Cambridge | ||||
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.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Table 25 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- 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
51°59′35″N 0°11′17″W / 51.993°N 0.188°W
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