St Neots railway station
St Neots Add→{{rail-interchange}} | |
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| General information | |
| Location | District of Huntingdonshire |
| Managed by | Great Northern |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | SNO |
| History | |
| Opened | 7 August 1850 |
| Original company | Great Northern Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
St Neots Railway Station serves the town of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located to the east of the town approximately 1.5 miles from the town centre. The station is approximately 51+3⁄4 miles (83.3 km) north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line.[1] St. Neots is managed and served by Great Northern.
The station has two large island platforms and four main rail lines, a pair of "up and down" slow lines used by stopping services and a pair of "up and down" fast lines used by fast Great Northern services that stop there during peak times and for high speed services passing through.
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. St Neots was one of the original stations, opening with the line on 7 August 1850.[2][3][4]
It was the scene of a derailment of a Scottish night express in 1895.[5]
Facilities
There are toilet facilities at the station and a newsagent/coffee seller in the ticket hall. A taxi office is situated outside the station, where minicabs can be booked.
St Neots station has automatic ticket barriers, which were installed in 2008 by former franchise holder First Capital Connect, which has led to the station being staffed for longer hours, and the station also has help points throughout.
Services
St Neots station is served by a half-hourly service southbound to London Kings Cross and northbound to Peterborough. There is an hourly service in each direction on Sundays.[6]
There are extra fast services at peak times on Mondays to Fridays, to and from Kings Cross, which only call at Biggleswade or Stevenage (southbound), and Hitchin or Biggleswade (northbound). A small number run non-stop to and from Kings Cross.
The station is also served by several buses, with routes to St Neots town centre, Eaton Ford, Eaton Socon, Loves Farm, Cambridge, and Eynesbury.[7]
Recent developments
A new footbridge opened in February 2014, providing lifts to the platforms and access to the station from both sides of the track including access to the Love's Farm housing development.[8]
Gallery
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Platforms 1 and 2, with the stations buildings & Ticket Office in the background.
Route
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Great Northern Great Northern Peterborough Line | ||||
| Great Northern Great Northern fasts | ||||
| Great Northern Great Northern fasts | ||||
| Great Northern Great Northern fasts | ||||
| Great Northern Great Northern fasts | ||||
| Historical railways | ||||
Line open, station closed | Great Northern Railway | Line open, station closed |
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References
- ^ Yonge, John (September 2006) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 15C. ISBN 0-9549866-2-8.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Gordon, W.J. (1989) [1910]. Our Home Railways. London: Bracken Books. volume II, p. 44. ISBN 1-85170-314-4.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. London: Guild Publishing. p. 135. CN 8983.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 204. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ "Accident at St Neots on 10th November 1895". Railways Archive. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ Table 25 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ^ Cambridgeshire County Council. "Bus Timetables". Stagecoach Bus. "Bus Timetables".
- ^ "New Footbridge at St Neots station unveiled". Network Rail. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
External links
- Train times and station information for St Neots railway station from National Rail
- First Capital Connect Timetables for St Neots