United Kingdom railway station categories


The 2,520 railway stations on the National Rail network in Great Britain are classified into six categories by the Department for Transport. The scheme was devised in 1996 and there was a review in 2009 when 106 stations changed categories. The categorisation scheme is owned by Network Rail, the site landlord of most of the stations.
Some stations are in more than one category: for instance, at London St Pancras International, the surface platforms are in category A and the Thameslink platforms are in category C1.

Categorisation scheme

Category C stations are sub-divided into :Category:DfT Category C1 stations|C1 and :Category:DfT Category C2 stations|C2. The only exception is, which has not been given a subcategory; it is listed by DfT as "C".
Category F stations are sub-divided into :Category:DfT Category F1 stations|F1 and :Category:DfT Category F2 stations|F2.