Stevenage railway station

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Stevenage
Location
Place	Stevenage
Local authority	Stevenage
Operations
Managed by	First Capital Connect
Platforms in use	4
Annual entry/exit	3.495 million *
History
Key dates	Opened 1973
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Stevenage railway station serves the town of Stevenage in Hertfordshire. It lies on the East Coast Main Line. It is served by trains operated by First Capital Connect (who manage the station) and GNER. The present station dates from 1973, replacing the previous station half a mile to the north which was further away from the centre of the new town.

1 Services
- 1.1 First Capital connect services
- 1.2 GNER Services
2 Facilities
3 External links

[edit] Services

[edit] First Capital connect services

Most of the trains serving Stevenage are operated by First Capital Connect, lying on its Great Northern Route from London King's Cross to Peterborough and Cambridge. It is also served by trains between London and Letchworth via Hertford North; these trains use Moorgate station in London on weekdays (except late evenings) and King's Cross at other times.

[edit] GNER Services

Stevenage is also served by some of GNER's trains on the East Coast Main Line. Typically, these are trains between London King's Cross and Leeds or Newcastle.

[edit] Facilities

The station has separate ticket sales facilities operated by both train operators, but in practice either will sell you each other's tickets, though it is only possible to collect advance purchase tickets from the GNER office. There is a GNER FastTrack machine available for picking up tickets. There are gents, ladies and disabled toilets at street level (but not on the platforms), and restricted lift access from the station to the platform. Similarly, both companies have their own separate ticket machines (1 x GNER, 4 x First Capital Connect).

There is also a newsagent, a snack bar, and coffee shop at street level and two coffee shops at platform level.

Buses 2, 3, SB8, SB9, SB14, SB15, SB16, 55, 100, 101, 454, 634, 700, and 797 all stop at the station. The station is a short walk on a walkway from Stevenage bus station, and is opposite a leisure complex that includes the Gordon Craig Theatre.