Welham Green railway station

Welham Green railway station serves the village of Welham Green in Hertfordshire, England. It is 15 miles 50 chains (25.1 km) measured from King's Cross on the East Coast Main Line.[2]

Welham Green
The station, viewed from the bridge
Welham Green
Location of Welham Green in Hertfordshire
LocationWelham Green
Local authorityBorough of Welwyn Hatfield
Grid referenceTL237056
Managed byGreat Northern
Station codeWMG
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms2
National Rail annual entry and exit
2014–15 0.198 million[1]
2015–16 0.213 million[1]
2016–17 0.214 million[1]
2017–18 0.195 million[1]
2018–19 0.199 million[1]
Key dates
29 September 1986Opened
Other information
External links
WGS8451.736°N 0.211°W / 51.736; -0.211
 London transport portal

Welham Green is just south of the scene of the Hatfield rail crash in 2000 and was initially identified in BBC broadcasts as the location of the accident.

History

Welham Green station was opened on 29 September 1986 on the site of the former Marshmoor Sidings.[3] It has two platforms and was opened by British Rail.

The station was built with funding from Welwyn District Council, Hertfordshire County Council, Hatfield Parish Council and British Rail.

The booking office at Welham Green was equipped with APTIS in December 1986, making it one of the first stations with the ticketing system which was eventually found across the UK at all staffed British Rail stations by the end of the 1980s.[4]

Facilities

A booking office, open during the morning rush hour, is located on the northbound platform and is reached, from the west, through the station car park. A self-service 'Shere' ticket machine was installed in Autumn 2008 on the road overbridge, at the entrance to the northbound platform.

There are shelters on both platforms, and a small amount of seating near them.

Services

The typical off-peak service is three trains per hour to Moorgate, reduced to two trains per hour after 7 pm. Moorgate trains formerly ran only on weekdays up until 10 pm (running to Kings Cross outside of these times), but now run there at all times (including weekends) since the December 2015 timetable change. Night and weekend trains run every 30 minutes. There are three trains per hour to Welwyn Garden City, reduced to two trains per hour in the late evenings and at weekends.[5]

Ticket Office Opening Times & Station Staffing Hours

Below are the current opening and staffing times for Welham Green, as of 2010.[6]

Ticket Office Hours
DayOpensCloses
Monday to Friday07:1510:15
Saturday--
Sunday--
Station Staffing Hours
DayFromUntil
Monday to Friday07:0010:30
Saturday--
Sunday--

Route
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References
  1. "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  2. Padgett, David (October 2016) [1988]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (4th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 15A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. "British Rail News: New and Re-opened Stations". Journal of the Transport Ticket Society. Luton: Transport Ticket Society (271): 294. July 1986. ISSN 0144-347X.
  4. "British Rail News: All Purpose Ticket Issuing System (APTIS)". Journal of the Transport Ticket Society. Luton: Transport Ticket Society (277): 44. January 1987. ISSN 0144-347X.
  5. Table 24 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  6. http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/Main.php?sEvent=StationInfo&crs_code=WMG


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