Baldock railway station
Railway station in Hertfordshire, England
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Baldock railway station serves the historic market town of Baldock, in Hertfordshire, England. It is a stop on the Cambridge Line, sited 36 miles 47 chains (58.9 km) north of London King's Cross[1] and on the outskirts of the town.
View of the station from the road | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Baldock, District of North Hertfordshire England | ||||
| Grid reference | TL245342 | ||||
| Managed by | Great Northern | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BDK | ||||
| Classification | DfT category E | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 21 October 1850 | ||||
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History

Opened by the Royston and Hitchin Railway, then run by the Great Northern Railway, it became part of the London and North Eastern Railway during the grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the privatisation of British Rail.
The station is part of the Thameslink Programme which connects Cambridge with Farringdon, City Thameslink and Blackfriars station, via the Great Northern Route. This project went live in 2018.[citation needed]
Services
Services at Baldock are operated by Thameslink and Great Northern using Classes 387 and 700 electric multiple units.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
- 1 tph to London King's Cross (stopping)
- 2 tph to Brighton, via London Bridge and Gatwick Airport (semi-fast)
- 3 tph to Cambridge (2 of these run semi-fast and 1 calls at all stations)
During peak hours, the service to London King's Cross and the all stations service to Cambridge are increased to 2 tph.
On Sundays, the service between Brighton and Cambridge is reduced to hourly.
| Preceding station | Following station | |||
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| Thameslink | ||||
| Great Northern |
Ashwell & Morden or Royston | |||
