St Neots railway station
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St Neots Railway Station serves the town of St Neots
in Cambridgeshire
, England
. It is located to the north-east of the town approximately 1.5 miles from the town centre. The station is approximately 50 miles (80.5 km) north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line
. St. Neots is managed and served by First Capital Connect.
The station has two large platforms and 4 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 high speed services passing through, as well as Fast First Capital Connect
stopping services that stop there.
(GNR) - 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.
St. Neots station has automatic ticket barriers, which were installed in 2008 by First Capital Connect
which has led to the station being staffed for longer hours, and the station also has help points throughout.
. There is an hourly service in each direction on Sundays. There are also extra services during the peak that run fast and direct to/from Kings Cross as well as some that additionally call at Biggleswade, then are fast to Kings Cross, and these services usually take around 40 minutes to Kings Cross.
Significant changes were made to the service and timetables from 17 May 2009, with additional carriages being added to some peak morning and evening trains, together with extra stops on peak services.
First Capital Connect Timetables for St. Neots can be seen and downloaded here.
The station is also served by several buses, with routes to St Neots
town centre, Eaton Ford
, Eaton Socon
, Little Paxton
, Great Paxton
, Cambridge
, Cambourne
and Eynesbury.
St Neots
St Neots is a town and civil parish with a population of 26,356 people. It lies on the River Great Ouse in Huntingdonshire District, approximately north of central London, and is the largest town in Cambridgeshire . The town is named after the Cornish monk St...
in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is located to the north-east of the town approximately 1.5 miles from the town centre. The station is approximately 50 miles (80.5 km) north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line
East Coast Main Line
The East Coast Main Line is a long electrified high-speed railway link between London, Peterborough, Doncaster, Wakefield, Leeds, York, Darlington, Newcastle and Edinburgh...
. St. Neots is managed and served by First Capital Connect.
The station has two large platforms and 4 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 high speed services passing through, as well as Fast First Capital Connect
First Capital Connect
First Capital Connect is a passenger train operating company in England that began operations on the National Rail network on 1 April 2006...
stopping services that stop there.
History
The first section of the Great Northern RailwayGreat Northern Railway (Great Britain)
The Great Northern Railway was a British railway company established by the Great Northern Railway Act of 1846. On 1 January 1923 the company lost its identity as a constituent of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway....
(GNR) - that from to a junction with the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway was formed by amalgamation in 1847. The MS&LR changed its name to the Great Central Railway in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension.-Origin:...
at Grimsby
Grimsby Town railway station
Grimsby Town railway station serves the town of Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is currently operated by First TransPennine Express, and is also served by Northern Rail and East Midlands Trains...
- 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
St. Neots Derailment 1895
The St. Neots Derailment 1895 occurred near to St. Neots railway station on 10, November, 1895, when a Great Northern Railway Scottish express from Kings Cross encountered a broken rail....
in 1895.
Facilities
There are both male and female 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 First Capital Connect
First Capital Connect
First Capital Connect is a passenger train operating company in England that began operations on the National Rail network on 1 April 2006...
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 service southbound to London Kings Cross and northbound to PeterboroughPeterborough railway station
Peterborough railway station serves the city of Peterborough, England. It is located approximately north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line...
. There is an hourly service in each direction on Sundays. There are also extra services during the peak that run fast and direct to/from Kings Cross as well as some that additionally call at Biggleswade, then are fast to Kings Cross, and these services usually take around 40 minutes to Kings Cross.
Significant changes were made to the service and timetables from 17 May 2009, with additional carriages being added to some peak morning and evening trains, together with extra stops on peak services.
First Capital Connect Timetables for St. Neots can be seen and downloaded here.
The station is also served by several buses, with routes to St Neots
St Neots
St Neots is a town and civil parish with a population of 26,356 people. It lies on the River Great Ouse in Huntingdonshire District, approximately north of central London, and is the largest town in Cambridgeshire . The town is named after the Cornish monk St...
town centre, Eaton Ford
Eaton Ford
Eaton Ford is a district of St Neots and is in Cambridgeshire, England. Until 1965 it was a separate village in the county of Bedfordshire, when it was absorbed through boundary changes. Eaton Ford lies on the west bank of the River Great Ouse, on the western side of St Neots...
, Eaton Socon
Eaton Socon
Eaton Socon is a district of St Neots in Cambridgeshire, England. It was originally a village in Bedfordshire, along with the neighbouring village of Eaton Ford, but officially became part of the town in 1965...
, Little Paxton
Little Paxton
Shittle Paxton in Cambridgeshire, England is a village near Great Paxton north of St Neots. It is in the district and historic county of Huntingdonshire. Until the 1970s it was a minor village and the church was under threat of closure...
, Great Paxton
Great Paxton
Great Paxton is a village near Little Paxton in Huntingdonshire , England, north of St Neots. The cruciform Saxon church dates from the 11th century. The village shares the Great Ouse valley with the river and the East Coast Railway Line.Curiously, Great Paxton is much smaller than Little Paxton...
, Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, Cambourne
Cambourne
Cambourne is a new settlement and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England, in the district of South Cambridgeshire. It lies on the A428 road between Cambridge, 9 miles to the east, and St Neots and Bedford to the west. It comprises the three villages of Great Cambourne, Lower Cambourne and Upper...
and Eynesbury.
Plans for the station
There are plans to provide a new bridge and lifts to the platforms, access to the station from both sides of the track, additional car parking and a bus interchange as part of the Loves Farm homes development as currently access to all four platforms is via stairs and a bridge, and as such they are inaccessible to disabled people.Ticket Office Opening Times & Station Staffing Hours
Below are the current opening and staffing times for St. Neots, as of 2010.| Ticket Office Hours | ||
|---|---|---|
| Day | Opens | Closes |
| Monday to Friday | 06:15 | 19:10 |
| Saturday | 07:30 | 13:55 |
| Sunday | 08:10 | 14:35 |
| Station Staffing Hours | ||
|---|---|---|
| Day | From | Until |
| Monday to Friday | 06:00 | 19:30 |
| Saturday | 07:15 | 14:25 |
| Sunday | 07:55 | 14:55 |