St. Neots railway station


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. It is on the East Coast Main Line, about 52 miles from. The station 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 - that from 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 and, was not opened until August 1850. St Neots was one of the original stations, opening with the line on 7 August 1850.
It was the scene of a derailment of a Scottish night express in 1895.

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 Thameslink service southbound to Horsham via London St Pancras and northbound to Peterborough. There is an hourly service in each direction on Sundays.
There are extra services run by Great Northern at peak times on Mondays to Fridays to London King's Cross in the morning peak and from King's Cross to Peterborough in the evening peak.
The station is also served by several buses, with routes to St Neots town centre, Eaton Ford, Eaton Socon, Loves Farm, Cambridge, and Eynesbury.

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.

Route

Location

In the chainage notation traditionally used on the railways, the station is from.