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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Distinguish Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox London station Шаблон:First Capital Connect services Hatfield railway station serves the town of Hatfield in Hertfordshire, England. The station is managed by Great Northern. It is Шаблон:Convert measured from Шаблон:Rws on the East Coast Main Line.[1]

History

Hatfield was formerly the junction of a branch to St Albans. The Hatfield and St Albans Railway closed to passenger traffic in 1951 as part of postwar economies brought in by the British Transport Commission.[2] The route of the line is now a public footpath, the Alban Way.

Station masters

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  • Mr. Unwin ca. 1850 (acting)
  • Edmund Cooter 1856 - 1866[3] (formerly station master at Hornsey)
  • Mr. Bellamy ???? - 1878
  • Robert Vodden 1878 - 1906[4]
  • Thomas Christopher 1910 - 1915[5] (afterwards station master at Doncaster)
  • John Thomas Cross 1917 - 1923
  • Frederick B. Martin 1932 - 1939
  • Arthur W. Bellamy 1940 - 1949
  • T.J. Piggott 1951[6] - ???? (formerly station master at Sandy)
  • A.G. Dixon ca. 1960

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Facilities

Hatfield has waiting rooms on all platforms, with extra shelters provided at various points along the platforms, as well as a canopy on Platform 1. There is a small café-shop style business, "Chuggs" on Platform 1, and three new retail units which opened in the new station building. There are three platform faces in total - platform 1 is a side platform facing the Up Slow line & used by London-bound trains (there is no platform on the Up Fast line), whilst platforms 2 & 3 face the Down Fast and Down Slow lines respectively; the latter is used by the majority of northbound trains.

The station has a "Fast-Ticket" machine, as well as a standard touchscreen machine on either side of the building. Hatfield also has many vending machines throughout the station and a photo booth inside the booking hall, which also contains male/female toilets and a separate disabled toilet. Ticket barriers are in operation.

Services

Services at Hatfield are operated by Thameslink and Great Northern using Шаблон:Brc and Шаблон:Brc EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[7]

During the peak hours, the service to Letchworth Garden City is extended to Cambridge and the service between Moorgate and Welwyn Garden City is increased to 4 tph.

In addition, during peak hours a 2 tph Thameslink service operates to and from Sevenoaks via the Thameslink Core.

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Redevelopment

Hatfield Station was redeveloped in 2013—15 to include a new bus interchange and taxi rank, multi-storey car park, refurbished ticket office, three new retail units and step-free access to all platforms.[8]

Work on the project, which was to cost £9 million,[9] began in 2013 and was completed by the end of 2015.

The new multi-storey car park opened on 17 November 2014.[10]

Accidents

Three fatal rail crashes have occurred near Hatfield:

  • December 1870 accident, when a disintegrated wheel resulted in the deaths of six passengers and two bystanders.
  • Two accidents occurred on 26 January 1939. In the first, an empty fish train was involved in a rear-end collision with a passenger train. The second involved a passenger train which ran into the rear of another. Two people were killed and seven were injured.[11]
  • October 2000 accident, when a GNER InterCity 225 train de-railed, killing four people and injuring 70.

Gallery

References

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External links

Шаблон:Great Northern Route Шаблон:Hertfordshire railway stations Шаблон:TSGN and SE Stations