Potters Bar railway station
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| Looking down Darkes Lane. The railway station is on the left of the picture | |||
| Location | |||
| Place | Potters Bar | ||
| Local authority | Hertsmere | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | PBR | ||
| Managed by | First Capital Connect | ||
| Platforms in use | 4 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 ** | 1.440 million | ||
| History | |||
| Key dates | Opened August 1850 Rail disaster in May 2002 |
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| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Potters Bar (source) | |||
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Potters Bar railway station serves the town of Potters Bar in Hertfordshire, England.
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[edit] Services
Mondays-Fridays
- 2 trains per hour (tph) to London King's Cross, calling only at Finsbury Park
- 3 tph to London Moorgate, calling at Hadley Wood, New Barnet, Oakleigh Park, New Southgate, Alexandra Palace, Hornsey, Harringay, Finsbury Park, Drayton Park, Highbury and Islington, Essex Road and Old Street
- 3 tph to Welwyn Garden City, calling at Brookmans Park, Welham Green and Hatfield
- 1 tph to Cambridge, calling at Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn North, Knebworth, Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth Garden City, Baldock, Ashwell and Morden, Royston, Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton
- 1 tph to Peterborough, calling at Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn North, Knebworth, Stevenage, Hitchin, Arlesey, Biggleswade, Sandy, St Neots and Huntingdon
Saturdays
- 4 tph to London King's Cross, of which:
- 2 call only at Finsbury Park
- 2 call at all stations (as per the Moorgate service above)
- 2 tph to Welwyn Garden City as above
- 1 tph to Cambridge as above
- 1 tph to Peterborough as above
Sundays
- 3 tph to London King's Cross, of which:
- 1 calls only at Finsbury Park
- 2 call at all stations (as per Saturdays)
- 2 tph to Welwyn Garden City as above
- 1 tph to Cambridge as above
[edit] Potters Bar rail crash
Potters Bar station is the highest on the East Coast Mainline between London's King's Cross railway station and York, and entered national headlines as the site of a fatal rail crash that killed 7 people and injured 76 on May 10, 2002.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Potters Bar railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Potters Bar railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Hadley Wood | First Capital Connect | Brookmans Park | ||
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