General information | |||||
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Location | Stevenage, Borough of Stevenage England | ||||
Grid reference | TL234241 | ||||
Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
Managed by | Great Northern | ||||
Platforms | 5 | ||||
Connections | Local Buses Regional Buses Local Taxis | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | SVG | ||||
Classification | DfT category C1 | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 23 July 1973 | ||||
Key dates | |||||
8 August 1850 | Original station opened by GNR | ||||
22 July 1973 | Station closed | ||||
23 July 1973 | Relocated 73 chains(1.5km) south to present location and opened by BR | ||||
29 September 1973 | Officially opened by Shirley Williams MP | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 4.795 million | ||||
Interchange | 2.452 million | ||||
2019/20 | 4.634 million | ||||
Interchange | 1.654 million | ||||
2020/21 | 1.228 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.238 million | ||||
2021/22 | 3.385 million | ||||
Interchange | 0.833 million | ||||
2022/23 | 4.050 million | ||||
Interchange | 1.957 million | ||||
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Stevenage railway station serves the town of Stevenage in Hertfordshire, England. The station is around 44.4 kilometres (27.6 miles) north of London King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line.[1] Stevenage is served and managed by Great Northern, who operate Thameslink stopping services southbound to King’s Cross via stations such as Welwyn Garden City and Potters Bar, to Brighton and Horsham via central London and Gatwick Airport and to Moorgate via Watton-at-Stone, Hertford North and Enfield Chase and services northbound to Cambridge and Peterborough. It is also frequently served by London North Eastern Railway, who operate fast non-stopping services southbound towards London and northbound towards cities including York, Leeds and Edinburgh. Hull Trains and Lumo operate very limited services from the station.
The present station was opened for trains on 23 July 1973.[2] It was officially opened on 26 September 1973 by Shirley Williams,[3] then MP for Stevenage, replacing the previous station, which was 73 chains (1,500 m) to the north,[1] and further away from the centre of the new town. The station was built by British Rail.