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Letchworth Garden City railway station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 51°58′51″N 0°13′40″W / 51.980721°N 0.227677°W

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Letchworth Garden City

The entrance to the station

General information

Location

Letchworth, District of North Hertfordshire
England

Owned by

Managed by

Platforms

Other information

Station code

LET

Classification

DfT category D

Key dates

1903

Opened (restricted service)

15 April 1905

Opened (full service)

18 May 1913

Station relocated

October 1937

Renamed Letchworth

11 June 1999

Renamed Letchworth Garden City

Passengers

2019/20

1.835 million

2020/21

0.458 million

2021/22

1.189 million

2022/23

1.471 million

2023/24

1.598 million

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Letchworth Garden City station serves the town of Letchworth in Hertfordshire, England. The station is on the Cambridge Line 34 miles 50 chains (55.7 km) north of London King's Cross,^[1] and is a stop for services between King's Cross and Cambridge. Trains which serve the station are operated by Great Northern.

History

The first station known as Letchworth Garden City was opened in 1903, with a restricted service; it gained a full passenger service on 15 April 1905.^[2] On 18 May 1913, this station was replaced by a new station on a different site.^[2] The new station was built in 1912, in the Arts and Crafts style, and has since been Grade II listed.^[3]

The station was originally intended to have two island platforms, giving a total of four platforms. However, since its opening only two platforms have been used. It was known from October 1937^[2] as Letchworth, until it regained its current name on 11 June 1999 following a refurbishment scheme.^[4] Electric operation at the station was inaugurated in 1978, as part of the Kings Cross Outer Suburban scheme, though the wires initially ended at Royston. Through electric services to Cambridge began in May 1988.^[5]

The platforms were extended initially for eight carriages, and further extended in December 2011 for 12-carriage trains.

Passenger lifts were installed in two new towers in March 2014.^[6]

To the north of the station are the sidings where trains starting or terminating at Letchworth are cleaned and stabled.

Ticket barriers are in operation.

The station was used as a filming location for the 2013 film The World's End; it was converted into a pub named "The Hole in the Wall".^[7]

Services

Services at Letchworth Garden City are operated by Thameslink and Great Northern using Class 387 and 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[8]

2 tph to London King's Cross (stopping)
2 tph to Brighton via ‹See TfM›London Bridge and Gatwick Airport (semi-fast)
3 tph to Cambridge (2 of these run semi-fast and 1 calls at all stations)

During the peak hours, the all stations service to Cambridge is increased to 2 tph, and the station is served by an additional half-hourly service between London King's Cross and King's Lynn via Ely which runs non-stop to and from London King's Cross.

On Sundays, the stopping services to and from London King's Cross, and the services between Brighton and Cambridge are reduced to hourly.

Preceding station		Following station
Hitchin	Thameslink Hitchin to Cambridge Line	Baldock
Hitchin	Great Northern Hitchin to Cambridge Line	Baldock or Terminus
London King's Cross	Great Northern Fen Line Peak Hours Only	Royston

In popular culture

Letchworth Station (Oil on canvas, 1911) by Spencer Gore is notable as an early depiction of rail commuters. From the collection of J. Peter W. Cochrane.^[9]

References

^ Yonge, John (September 2006) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). 2: Eastern. Railway Track Diagrams (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 24C. ISBN 0-9549866-2-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 142. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ "Planning Committee Referral" (PDF). July 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
^ Mitchell, Vic (2006). Eastern Main Lines: Potters Bar to Cambridge. Midhurst: Middleton Press. p. 64. ISBN 1-904474-70-5.
^ "Cambridge - Its Railways & Station"Disused Stations Site Record; Retrieved 23 August 2016
^ Lucas, Julie (25 October 2013). "Letchworth train station car park closed as work starts on lifts". The Comet. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
^ Davies, Alan (21 July 2013). "The World's End pub crawl locations revealed". Welwyn & Hatfield Times. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
^ Table 25, 52 National Rail timetable, May 2023
^ J.B. Priestley, The Edwardians (1970), p 208. SBN 434 60332 5.

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Train times and station information for Letchworth Garden City railway station from National Rail

51°58′51″N 0°13′40″W / 51.980721°N 0.227677°W / 51.980721; -0.227677

v t e Great Northern route
East Coast Main Line (main route)	London King's Cross Finsbury Park Harringay Hornsey Alexandra Palace New Southgate Oakleigh Park New Barnet Hadley Wood Potters Bar Brookmans Park Welham Green Hatfield Welwyn Garden City Welwyn North Knebworth Stevenage Hitchin
Northern City Line	Moorgate Old Street Essex Road Highbury & Islington Drayton Park
Hertford loop line	Bowes Park Palmers Green Winchmore Hill Grange Park Enfield Chase Gordon Hill Crews Hill Cuffley Bayford Hertford North Watton-at-Stone
Peterborough Line	Arlesey Biggleswade Sandy St Neots Huntingdon Peterborough
Cambridge line	Letchworth Garden City Baldock Ashwell & Morden Royston Meldreth Shepreth Foxton Cambridge Cambridge North
Train operating company	Govia Thameslink Railway
Former operators	West Anglia Great Northern (WAGN) First Capital Connect
Closed line	Varsity Line
Closed stations	Abbots Ripton Denver Enfield Harston Hilgay Holloway and Caledonian Road Holme (Cambridgeshire) Holme (Norfolk) Maiden Lane Offord and Buckden Ouse Bridge Stapleford Stow Bardolph Tempsford Three Counties Yaxley and Farcet
Infrastructure	Hitchin Flyover

Railway stations in Hertfordshire

Abbey line

East Coast Main Line

(from Edinburgh Waverley)
Hitchin
Stevenage
Knebworth
Welwyn North
Welwyn Garden City
Hatfield
Welham Green
Brookmans Park
Potters Bar
(to London King's Cross)

Hertford East branch line

Hertford Loop Line

Cambridge line

(from Cambridge)
Royston
(Ashwell and Morden)
Baldock
Letchworth Garden City
Hitchin

Lea Valley lines

Cheshunt via Southbury	(from London Liverpool Street) Theobalds Grove Cheshunt
Hertford East via Tottenham Hale	(from London Liverpool Street) Waltham Cross Cheshunt Broxbourne Rye House St Margarets Ware Hertford East

London–Aylesbury line

(from London Marylebone)
Moor Park
Rickmansworth
Chorleywood
(to Aylesbury Vale Parkway)

Thameslink

(from Bedford)
Harpenden
St Albans City
Radlett
Elstree & Borehamwood
(to Brighton)

Watford DC line

West Anglia Main Line

(from Cambridge)
Bishop's Stortford
Sawbridgeworth
(Harlow Mill
Harlow Town
Roydon)
Broxbourne
Cheshunt
(to London Liverpool Street)

West Coast Main Line

(from London Euston)
Bushey
Watford Junction
Apsley
Kings Langley
Hemel Hempstead
Berkhamsted
Tring
(to Glasgow Central)

Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Thameslink and Great Northern routes serving this station
Great Northern Peterborough & Cambridge	London King's Cross ‹See TfM›Finsbury Park Potters Bar Hatfield Welwyn Garden City Welwyn North Knebworth Stevenage Hitchin Arlesey Biggleswade Sandy St Neots Huntingdon Peterborough Letchworth Garden City Baldock Ashwell & Morden Royston Meldreth Shepreth Foxton Cambridge
Great Northern Suburban	‹See TfM›London Moorgate ‹See TfM›Old Street Essex Road ‹See TfM›Highbury & Islington Drayton Park London King's Cross ‹See TfM›Finsbury Park Harringay Hornsey Alexandra Palace New Southgate Oakleigh Park New Barnet Hadley Wood Potters Bar Brookmans Park Welham Green Hatfield Welwyn Garden City Bowes Park Palmers Green Winchmore Hill Grange Park Enfield Chase Gordon Hill Crews Hill Cuffley Bayford Hertford North Watton-at-Stone Stevenage Hitchin Letchworth Garden City

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

Listed buildings in Hertfordshire

Grade I

Broxbourne	Eleanor Cross Wormleybury
Dacorum	130–136 Piccotts End Ashridge Business School Beechwood Park Berkhamsted School Old Building St Mary's Church, Hemel Hempstead
East Hertfordshire	Aston Bury Manor Balls Park Benington Castle (remains) Hertford Castle Gatehouse Hunsdon House Rye House Gatehouse Scott's Grotto Shire Hall, Hertford St James' Church, Stanstead Abbotts St Leonard's Church, Bengeo St Mary's Church, Ware St Mary the Virgin's Church, Little Hormead Waytemore Castle (remains) Woodhall Park (Heath Mount School)
Hertsmere	Tyttenhanger House
North Hertfordshire	Hitchin Priory Holy Trinity Church, Weston St John the Baptist's Church, Royston St Katharine's Church, Ickleford St Mary's Church, Ashwell St Mary's Church, Baldock St Mary's Church, Hitchin St Mary and St Thomas's Church, Knebworth Royston Cave
St Albans	Clock Tower Old Gorhambury House (remains) Rothamsted Manor St Albans Cathedral St Helen's Church, Wheathampstead St Mary's Church, Redbourn St Michael's Church, St Albans Verulamium
Stevenage	Rooks Nest House St Nicholas' Church
Three Rivers	Moor Park
Watford	Holy Rood Church, Watford St Mary's Church, Watford
Welwyn Hatfield	Brocket Hall Hatfield House/Old Palace New St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence

Grade II*

Broxbourne	Rawdon House Theobalds House
Dacorum	173 High Street, Berkhamsted Ashlyns Hall Bridgewater Monument The Bury, Hemel Hempstead Cell Park Dean Incent's House Gaddesden Place Golden Parsonage The Old Bell, Hemel Hempstead St Peter's Church, Great Berkhamstead Tring Park Mansion
East Hertfordshire	All Nations Christian College All Saints' Church, Hertford Almshouses, Buntingford Bayfordbury Chapel at St Edmund's College, Ware County Hall Cromer Windmill Fanhams Hall Goldings Haileybury and Imperial Service College Hare Street House Hanbury Manor Marden Hill House Much Hadham Palace Pishiobury Park Mansion St Andrew's Church, Buckland Stansted Hall Yeomanry House, Hertford Youngsbury Stable Block
Hertsmere	Aldenham House Dyrham Park lodges and arched gateway Hilfield Castle Knightsland Farm House Lululaund Salisbury Hall Wrotham Park
North Hertfordshire	All Saints Church, Radwell All Saints Church, Willian The Cloisters, Letchworth St Nicholas' Church, Hinxworth Hinxworth Place Homewood, Knebworth Knebworth House Princess Helena College Spirella Building St Margaret of Antioch's Church, Bygrave St Martin's Church, Knebworth St Mary Magdalene's Church, Caldecote St Paul's Walden Bury St Vincent's Church, Newnham
St Albans	All Saints Pastoral Centre St Albans Town Hall New Gorhambury House Redbournbury Mill St Leonard's Church, Sandridge St Nicholas Church, Harpenden St Peter's Church, St Albans St Stephen's Church, St Albans Westwick Cottage
Three Rivers	Hunton Park Langleybury Oxhey Chapel Redheath
Watford	The Grove The Mrs Elizabeth Fuller Free School building
Welwyn Hatfield	Ayot House Digswell Viaduct Mill Green Museum and Mill Old St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence Shaw's Corner Templewood Primary School
Other boroughs	Stevenage

Grade II

Broxbourne	Broxbourne railway station Cheshunt Great House (remains)
Dacorum	Ashlyns School Berkhamsted Town Hall Goldfield Mill The Green Dragon, Flaunden Inns of Court War Memorial The Mansion, Berkhamsted Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead Pendley Manor Rex Cinema Rossway Shendish Manor Stocks House St John's Church, Boxmoor Tring Market House
East Hertfordshire	All Saints' Church, Hockerill Benson Memorial Church Brent Pelham Windmill Buntingford Manor House Button Snap Christ Church, Ware Hertford Museum Tooke House Hopper's Hall The Horns, Bull's Green Little Munden Primary School Panshanger orangery, conservatory and stables Red House, Buntingford Rowneybury Cottage St John's Church, Letty Green The Tilbury, Datchworth The White Horse, Burnham Green The White Horse, Hertford
Hertsmere	Bhaktivedanta Manor The Chequers, Potters Bar Duke of York, Potters Bar Dyrham Park Country Club The Green Man, Potters Bar Ladbrooke School The Lion, Potters Bar Oakmere House Potters Bar War Memorial Shenley Hall Shenley Lodge Wall Hall The White Hart, South Mimms The White Horse, Potters Bar Wyllyotts Manor
North Hertfordshire	Ashwell Bury Ashwell War Memorial Breachwood Green Mill British Schools Museum Hitchin Town Hall Howgills Lannock Mill, Weston Letchworth Garden City railway station Letchworth Town Hall Lytton Mausoleum Minsden Chapel Putteridge Bury St George's Church, Letchworth St Nicholas' Church, Norton St Mary's Church, Letchworth Stagenhoe
St Albans	The Blue Anchor The Boot Childwickbury Manor The Cock Colney Heath Mill Fleur de Lys Hare and Hounds The Lower Red Lion The Old Kings Arms Ye Olde Fighting Cocks The Queen's Head, Sandridge Rose and Crown The Six Bells St Albans School Sopwell House Sopwell Nunnery (ruins) Verulam House The White Lion
Stevenage	Barclay Academy Shephall Manor Stevenage Clock Tower The Thomas Alleyne Academy Trigg's Barn/37 High Street, Stevenage
Three Rivers	Croxley Green Windmill
Watford	High Elms Manor The Old Station House St John's Church, Watford Watford Grammar School for Boys Watford Palace Theatre Watford Town Hall
Welwyn Hatfield	The Beehive, Welwyn Garden City The Brocket Arms Digswell House The Eight Bells, Hatfield Hope and Anchor, Welham Green The Horse and Groom, Hatfield The Green Man, Hatfield The Red Lion, Hatfield Statue of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Tolmers Park The Wrestlers, Hatfield