Baldock railway station

Railway station in Hertfordshire, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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Baldock
National Rail
View of the station from the road
General information
LocationBaldock, District of North Hertfordshire
England
Grid referenceTL245342
Managed byGreat Northern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeBDK
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened21 October 1850
Passengers
2020–21Decrease 0.154 million
2021–22Increase 0.387 million
2022–23Increase 0.503 million
2023–24Increase 0.527 million
2024–25Increase 0.569 million
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
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History

The station in 1961

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]

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.

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